#240E42#240E42

#240E42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.093 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E42
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.66, 24.32, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.66, 37.55, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(23.2% 0.0437 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(23.2% 0.093 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8677, 1.0825, 5.2637)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E42 #2C420E

analogous

#0E1242 #240E42 #3E0E42

triadic

#240E42 #42240E #0E4224

tetradic

#240E42 #420E12 #2C420E #0E423E

square

#240E42 #420E12 #2C420E #0E423E

split-complementary

#240E42 #423E0E #12420E

monochromatic

#0E0519 #0E0519 #240E42 #401974 #5B23A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#240E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#240E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E42

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E42	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.093 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624e77',
    500: '#240e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e42;
$custom-light: #624e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23196,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E42

secondary

#5C7D2F

accent

#E840A1

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E42

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

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