#240E2B#240E2B

#240E2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.061 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E2B
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 43)
HSL	hsl(286, 51%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.80, 17.61, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.80, 23.07, 319.77°)
OKLab	oklab(21.26% 0.0452 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(21.26% 0.061 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3206, 0.8636, 2.3822)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E2B #152B0E

analogous

#150E2B #240E2B #2B0E23

triadic

#240E2B #2B240E #0E2B24

tetradic

#240E2B #2B150E #152B0E #0E232B

square

#240E2B #2B150E #152B0E #0E232B

split-complementary

#240E2B #232B0E #0E2B15

monochromatic

#130817 #130817 #240E2B #4B1D59 #712C87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.91

#240E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#240E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E2B

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E2B	1.00	17.91	1.17	17.91
#FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08162C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F182A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.061 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604d64',
    500: '#240e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e2b;
$custom-light: #604d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21258,
    "c": 0.06135,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E2B

secondary

#3D6530

accent

#DA4D6F

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E2B

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

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