#240C42#240C42

#240C42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.096 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C42
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 81.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.25, 25.47, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.25, 38.81, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(22.91% 0.0461 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(22.91% 0.096 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8421, 1.0313, 5.2552)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C42 #2A420C

analogous

#0C0F42 #240C42 #3F0C42

triadic

#240C42 #42240C #0C4224

tetradic

#240C42 #420C0F #2A420C #0C423F

square

#240C42 #420C0F #2A420C #0C423F

split-complementary

#240C42 #423F0C #0F420C

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #240C42 #401576 #5C1FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.41

#240C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#240C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C42

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C42	1.00	17.41	1.21	17.41
#FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.096 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624d77',
    500: '#240c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c42;
$custom-light: #624d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22905,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C42

secondary

#597E2C

accent

#EC3C9E

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C42

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

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