#240E2A#240E2A

#240E2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.2% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E2A
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 42)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.74, 17.34, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.74, 22.45, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(21.19% 0.0451 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(21.19% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3025, 0.8564, 2.2867)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E2A #142A0E

analogous

#160E2A #240E2A #2A0E22

triadic

#240E2A #2A240E #0E2A24

tetradic

#240E2A #2A160E #142A0E #0E222A

square

#240E2A #2A160E #142A0E #0E222A

split-complementary

#240E2A #222A0E #0E2A16

monochromatic

#140817 #140817 #240E2A #4B1D58 #732D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#240E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#240E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E2A

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E2A	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08162B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.2% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604d63',
    500: '#240e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e2a;
$custom-light: #604d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21187,
    "c": 0.06001,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E2A

secondary

#3B6430

accent

#DA4E6C

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E2A

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

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