#240400

Color #240400

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class orange-950 #441306 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#240400

RGB

rgb(36, 4, 0)

HSL

hsl(6.7, 100%, 7.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.7, 100%, 14.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 88.9%, 100%, 85.9%)

LAB

lab(4.17, 13.6, 6.5)

LCH

lch(4.17, 15.07, 25.55)

OKLCH

oklch(17.3%, 0.0588, 36.42)

HWB

hwb(6.7, 0%, 85.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#002024

Analogous

#24000e

#240400

#241600

Triadic

#240400

#002404

#040024

Split-complementary

#240400

#002416

#000e24

Tetradic

#240400

#202400

#002024

#040024

Square

#240400

#0e2400

#002024

#160024

Shades

Color #240400 mixed toward black.

#1e0300

#180300

#120200

#0c0100

#060100

Tints

Color #240400 mixed toward white.

#730d00

#c21600

#ff2d12

#ff7361

#ffb9b0

Tones

Color #240400 mixed toward gray.

#210603

#1e0906

#1b0b09

#180d0c

#15100f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.09:1

White text reads better on this background (19.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a01 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#1c1e01 · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#230202 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#0f0f0f · ΔE 14.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #240400;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#240400]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#240400 (#240400) is rgb(36, 4, 0) in RGB.

No, #240400 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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