#240E09#240E09

#240E09 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.6% C 0.039 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E09
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 9)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 75%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.40, 10.53, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.40, 12.16, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(19.63% 0.0323 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(19.63% 0.039 34)
XYZ	xyz(0.9340, 0.7090, 0.3460)
Luminance	0.0071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E09 #091F24

analogous

#240912 #240E09 #241C09

triadic

#240E09 #09240E #0E0924

tetradic

#240E09 #122409 #091F24 #1C0924

square

#240E09 #122409 #091F24 #1C0924

split-complementary

#240E09 #09241C #091224

monochromatic

#180A06 #180A06 #240E09 #552115 #863421

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.39

#240E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#240E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E09

18.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E09	1.00	18.39	1.14	18.39
#FFFFFF	18.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191609

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280A0D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.6% 0.039 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4d4b',
    500: '#240e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e09;
$custom-light: #5f4d4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19628,
    "c": 0.03892,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.00709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E09

secondary

#285661

accent

#C6E345

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E09

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

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