#240E59#240E59

#240E59 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.123 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240E59
RGB	rgb(36, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(258, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(258, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.03, 31.52, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.03, 51.42, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(25.59% 0.0371 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(25.59% 0.123 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.6872, 1.4103, 9.5799)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240E59 #43590E

analogous

#0E1D59 #240E59 #490E59

triadic

#240E59 #59240E #0E5924

tetradic

#240E59 #590E1D #43590E #0E5949

square

#240E59 #590E1D #43590E #0E5949

split-complementary

#240E59 #59490E #1D590E

monochromatic

#0B041A #0F0624 #240E59 #39168E #4F1FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.38

#240E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#240E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240E59

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240E59	1.00	16.38	1.28	16.38
#FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00215B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2433

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.123 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665089',
    500: '#240e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240e59;
$custom-light: #665089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.6,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25586,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240E59

secondary

#769330

accent

#F038BA

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #240E59

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

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