#240F42#240F42

#240F42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.091 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240F42
RGB	rgb(36, 15, 66)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.88, 23.72, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.88, 36.90, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(23.35% 0.0425 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(23.35% 0.091 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8815, 1.1100, 5.2683)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240F42 #2D420F

analogous

#0F1342 #240F42 #3D0F42

triadic

#240F42 #42240F #0F4224

tetradic

#240F42 #420F13 #2D420F #0F423D

square

#240F42 #420F13 #2D420F #0F423D

split-complementary

#240F42 #423D0F #13420F

monochromatic

#0E0619 #0E0619 #240F42 #3F1A74 #5A26A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.18

#240F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#240F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240F42

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240F42	1.00	17.18	1.22	17.18
#FFFFFF	17.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 15, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.091 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624f77',
    500: '#240f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240f42;
$custom-light: #624f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2335,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240F42

secondary

#5D7C30

accent

#E642A2

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240F42

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

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