#240E55#240E55

#240E55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.118 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E55
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.59, 30.26, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.59, 49.08, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(25.15% 0.0385 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(25.15% 0.118 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5238, 1.3449, 8.7192)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E55 #3F550E

analogous

#0E1B55 #240E55 #480E55

triadic

#240E55 #55240E #0E5524

tetradic

#240E55 #550E1B #3F550E #0E5548

square

#240E55 #550E1B #3F550E #0E5548

split-complementary

#240E55 #55480E #1B550E

monochromatic

#0B041A #0E0520 #240E55 #3A178A #511FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.55

#240E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#240E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E55

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E55	1.00	16.55	1.27	16.55
#FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#112231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.118 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f86',
    500: '#240e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e55;
$custom-light: #654f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25146,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E55

secondary

#728F30

accent

#EE39B6

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E55

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

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