#240E22#240E22

#240E22 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.050 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E22
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 34)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(305, 61%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 5.6%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.27, 15.26, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.27, 17.68, 329.65°)
OKLab	oklab(20.67% 0.0435 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(20.67% 0.05 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1733, 0.8047, 1.6066)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E22 #0E2410

analogous

#1B0E24 #240E22 #240E17

triadic

#240E22 #22240E #0E2224

tetradic

#240E22 #241B0E #0E2410 #0E1724

square

#240E22 #241B0E #0E2410 #0E1724

split-complementary

#240E22 #17240E #0E241B

monochromatic

#160915 #160915 #240E22 #501F4C #7C3075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.09

#240E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E22

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E22	1.00	18.09	1.16	18.09
#FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.050 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4d5d',
    500: '#240e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e22;
$custom-light: #5f4d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20668,
    "c": 0.04988,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E22

secondary

#315D35

accent

#D46054

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#040104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E22

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

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