#240C2C#240C2C

#240C2C is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.067 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C2C
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 44)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.41, 19.10, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.41, 25.09, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(20.98% 0.0486 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(20.98% 0.067 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3136, 0.8199, 2.4714)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C2C #142C0C

analogous

#140C2C #240C2C #2C0C24

triadic

#240C2C #2C240C #0C2C24

tetradic

#240C2C #2C140C #142C0C #0C242C

square

#240C2C #2C140C #142C0C #0C242C

split-complementary

#240C2C #242C0C #0C2C14

monochromatic

#140718 #140718 #240C2C #4B195C #73268C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.04

#240C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C2C

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C2C	1.00	18.04	1.16	18.04
#FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05152D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D172B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.067 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c65',
    500: '#240c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c2c;
$custom-light: #604c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20981,
    "c": 0.06662,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C2C

secondary

#3B672C

accent

#E0476E

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C2C

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

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