#240F09#240F09

#240F09 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.038 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240F09
RGB	rgb(36, 15, 9)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 75%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.65, 9.98, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.65, 11.89, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(19.85% 0.0301 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(19.85% 0.038 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.9478, 0.7365, 0.3506)
Luminance	0.0074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240F09 #091E24

analogous

#240911 #240F09 #241D09

triadic

#240F09 #09240F #0F0924

tetradic

#240F09 #112409 #091E24 #1D0924

square

#240F09 #112409 #091E24 #1D0924

split-complementary

#240F09 #09241D #091124

monochromatic

#180A06 #180A06 #240F09 #552315 #863821

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.31

#240F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#240F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240F09

18.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240F09	1.00	18.31	1.15	18.31
#FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#141208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191609

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280B0E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 15, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.038 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4d4b',
    500: '#240f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240f09;
$custom-light: #5f4d4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19846,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240F09

secondary

#285461

accent

#C0E345

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240F09

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

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