#240C2B#240C2B

#240C2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.065 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C2B
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 43)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.34, 18.82, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.34, 24.46, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(20.91% 0.0486 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(20.91% 0.065 318)
XYZ	xyz(1.2950, 0.8125, 2.3736)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C2B #132B0C

analogous

#140C2B #240C2B #2B0C22

triadic

#240C2B #2B240C #0C2B24

tetradic

#240C2B #2B140C #132B0C #0C222B

square

#240C2B #2B140C #132B0C #0C222B

split-complementary

#240C2B #222B0C #0C2B14

monochromatic

#140718 #140718 #240C2B #4C195B #74278B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.07

#240C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C2B

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C2B	1.00	18.07	1.16	18.07
#FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05152C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D172A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.065 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c64',
    500: '#240c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c2b;
$custom-light: #604c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20907,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.00812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C2B

secondary

#3A662C

accent

#E0486A

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C2B

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

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