#240E2E#240E2E

#240E2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.065 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E2E
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 46)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.01, 18.43, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.01, 24.94, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(21.48% 0.0454 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(21.48% 0.065 314)
XYZ	xyz(1.3777, 0.8864, 2.6828)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E2E #182E0E

analogous

#140E2E #240E2E #2E0E28

triadic

#240E2E #2E240E #0E2E24

tetradic

#240E2E #2E140E #182E0E #0E282E

square

#240E2E #2E140E #182E0E #0E282E

split-complementary

#240E2E #282E0E #0E2E14

monochromatic

#120717 #120717 #240E2E #491C5D #6D2B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.84

#240E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#240E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E2E

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E2E	1.00	17.84	1.18	17.84
#FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06162F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D182D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.065 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604d67',
    500: '#240e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e2e;
$custom-light: #604d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21478,
    "c": 0.06539,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.00886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E2E

secondary

#416830

accent

#DD4B79

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E2E

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

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