#240C55#240C55

#240C55 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.120 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C55
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 85)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(260, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.23, 31.28, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.23, 50.17, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(24.9% 0.0401 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(24.9% 0.12 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.4982, 1.2938, 8.7107)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C55 #3D550C

analogous

#0C1955 #240C55 #490C55

triadic

#240C55 #55240C #0C5524

tetradic

#240C55 #550C19 #3D550C #0C5549

square

#240C55 #550C19 #3D550C #0C5549

split-complementary

#240C55 #55490C #19550C

monochromatic

#0B041B #0D041F #240C55 #3B148B #511BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.68

#240C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#240C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C55

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C55	1.00	16.68	1.26	16.68
#FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#112131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.120 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664e86',
    500: '#240c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c55;
$custom-light: #664e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.249,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C55

secondary

#6F902D

accent

#F236B4

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C55

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

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