#240C36#240C36

#240C36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.080 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C36
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 54)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 77.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.17, 21.93, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.17, 31.36, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(21.79% 0.0483 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(21.79% 0.08 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5247, 0.9044, 3.5835)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C36 #1E360C

analogous

#0F0C36 #240C36 #360C33

triadic

#240C36 #36240C #0C3624

tetradic

#240C36 #360F0C #1E360C #0C3336

square

#240C36 #360F0C #1E360C #0C3336

split-complementary

#240C36 #33360C #0C360F

monochromatic

#110619 #110619 #240C36 #451768 #67229A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#240C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#240C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C36

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C36	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.080 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#614c6d',
    500: '#240c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c36;
$custom-light: #614c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21793,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C36

secondary

#4A722C

accent

#E74188

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C36

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

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