#240C2F#240C2F

#240C2F is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.2% C 0.071 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C2F
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 47)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.62, 19.94, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.62, 26.98, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(21.21% 0.0487 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(21.21% 0.071 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3720, 0.8433, 2.7793)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C2F #172F0C

analogous

#130C2F #240C2F #2F0C29

triadic

#240C2F #2F240C #0C2F24

tetradic

#240C2F #2F130C #172F0C #0C292F

square

#240C2F #2F130C #172F0C #0C292F

split-complementary

#240C2F #292F0C #0C2F13

monochromatic

#130618 #130618 #240C2F #491860 #6F2591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.97

#240C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#240C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C2F

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C2F	1.00	17.97	1.17	17.97
#FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A172E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.2% 0.071 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c68',
    500: '#240c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c2f;
$custom-light: #604c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21213,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C2F

secondary

#406B2C

accent

#E34577

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C2F

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

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