#240742

Color #240742

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 20.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#240742

RGB

rgb(36, 7, 66)

HSL

hsl(269.5, 80.8%, 14.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.5, 89.4%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 89.4%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(8.31, 28.16, -30.82)

LCH

lch(8.31, 41.75, 312.42)

OKLCH

oklch(22.2%, 0.102, 300.31)

HWB

hwb(269.5, 2.7%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#254207

Analogous

#070742

#240742

#410742

Triadic

#240742

#422407

#074224

Split-complementary

#240742

#424107

#074207

Tetradic

#240742

#420725

#254207

#074224

Square

#240742

#420707

#254207

#074241

Shades

Color #240742 mixed toward black.

#1e0637

#18052c

#120421

#0c0216

#06010b

Tints

Color #240742 mixed toward white.

#480e84

#6c15c6

#9039ea

#b57bf1

#dabdf8

Tones

Color #240742 mixed toward gray.

#240c3d

#241138

#241633

#241b2e

#242029

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1b1b3a · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#1c1e37 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#233230 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #240742;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#240742]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#240742 (#240742) is rgb(36, 7, 66) in RGB.

No, #240742 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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