#240C5F#240C5F

#240C5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.132 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C5F
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 95)
HSL	hsl(257, 78%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(257, 87%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 87.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.38, 34.35, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.38, 55.89, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(26.04% 0.0363 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(26.04% 0.132 286)
XYZ	xyz(2.9240, 1.4641, 10.9528)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C5F #475F0C

analogous

#0C1E5F #240C5F #4D0C5F

triadic

#240C5F #5F240C #0C5F24

tetradic

#240C5F #5F0C1E #475F0C #0C5F4D

square

#240C5F #5F0C1E #475F0C #0C5F4D

split-complementary

#240C5F #5F4D0C #1E5F0C

monochromatic

#0A031B #0F0529 #240C5F #391395 #4D1ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#240C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#240C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C5F

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C5F	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.132 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#684f8d',
    500: '#240c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c5f;
$custom-light: #684f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 77.57,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26035,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.01464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C5F

secondary

#7A992D

accent

#F434BC

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C5F

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

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