#240E51#240E51

#240E51 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.112 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E51
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 81)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 82.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.16, 29.01, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.16, 46.71, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(24.72% 0.0398 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(24.72% 0.112 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3694, 1.2831, 7.9058)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E51 #3B510E

analogous

#0E1A51 #240E51 #450E51

triadic

#240E51 #51240E #0E5124

tetradic

#240E51 #510E1A #3B510E #0E5145

square

#240E51 #510E1A #3B510E #0E5145

split-complementary

#240E51 #51450E #1A510E

monochromatic

#0C051A #0D051D #240E51 #3B1785 #5220B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#240E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#240E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E51

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E51	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14212F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.112 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f83',
    500: '#240e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e51;
$custom-light: #654f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24716,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E51

secondary

#6D8C2F

accent

#ED3AB3

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E51

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

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