#240C40#240C40

#240C40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.093 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C40
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 64)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 81.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.06, 24.87, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.06, 37.58, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(22.71% 0.0465 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(22.71% 0.093 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7842, 1.0082, 4.9501)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C40 #28400C

analogous

#0C0E40 #240C40 #3E0C40

triadic

#240C40 #40240C #0C4024

tetradic

#240C40 #400C0E #28400C #0C403E

square

#240C40 #400C0E #28400C #0C403E

split-complementary

#240C40 #403E0C #0E400C

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #240C40 #411674 #5E1FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.48

#240C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#240C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C40

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C40	1.00	17.48	1.20	17.48
#FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.093 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624d75',
    500: '#240c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c40;
$custom-light: #624d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2271,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C40

secondary

#577C2C

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C40

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

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