#240C51#240C51

#240C51 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.115 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C51
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 81)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(261, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.79, 30.05, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.79, 47.84, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(24.46% 0.0415 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(24.46% 0.115 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3438, 1.2320, 7.8973)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C51 #39510C

analogous

#0C1651 #240C51 #460C51

triadic

#240C51 #51240C #0C5124

tetradic

#240C51 #510C16 #39510C #0C5146

square

#240C51 #510C16 #39510C #0C5146

split-complementary

#240C51 #51460C #16510C

monochromatic

#0C041B #0C041C #240C51 #3C1486 #531CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#240C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#240C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C51

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C51	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14202E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.115 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e83',
    500: '#240c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c51;
$custom-light: #654e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2446,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C51

secondary

#6B8C2C

accent

#F137B0

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C51

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

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