#240C2A#240C2A

#240C2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.064 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C2A
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 42)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.27, 18.55, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.27, 23.84, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(20.83% 0.0485 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(20.83% 0.064 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2769, 0.8052, 2.2782)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C2A #122A0C

analogous

#150C2A #240C2A #2A0C21

triadic

#240C2A #2A240C #0C2A24

tetradic

#240C2A #2A150C #122A0C #0C212A

square

#240C2A #2A150C #122A0C #0C212A

split-complementary

#240C2A #212A0C #0C2A15

monochromatic

#140718 #140718 #240C2A #4D1A5A #762789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.09

#240C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C2A

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C2A	1.00	18.09	1.16	18.09
#FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06142B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.064 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c63',
    500: '#240c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c2a;
$custom-light: #604c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20834,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C2A

secondary

#38652D

accent

#DF4967

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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