#240C31#240C31

#240C31 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.073 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C31
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 49)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.77, 20.51, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.77, 28.24, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(21.37% 0.0486 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(21.37% 0.073 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4133, 0.8598, 2.9966)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C31 #19310C

analogous

#120C31 #240C31 #310C2C

triadic

#240C31 #31240C #0C3124

tetradic

#240C31 #31120C #19310C #0C2C31

square

#240C31 #31120C #19310C #0C2C31

split-complementary

#240C31 #2C310C #0C3112

monochromatic

#120619 #120619 #240C31 #481862 #6C2493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#240C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#240C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C31

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C31	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22131D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.073 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c69',
    500: '#240c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c31;
$custom-light: #604c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21373,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C31

secondary

#436D2C

accent

#E4447C

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C31

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

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