All About Color #242000

#242000

About #242000

#242000 is a very dark black color with the hex code #242000. In RGB it is red 36, green 32, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 53°, saturation 100%, lightness 7%; in CMYK it is 0%, 11%, 100%, 86%. Its contrast ratio is 16.39:1 on white and 1.28:1 on black.

#242000 Color Conversion

Hex triplet24, 20, 00
CMYK0.00%, 11.11%, 100.00%, 85.88%
RGB Decimal36, 32, 0
HSL53°, 100%, 7%
RGB Octal44, 40, 0
HSV (HSB)53.33°, 100.00%, 14.12%
RGB Binary100100, 100000, 0
CIE-L*AB12.01, -2.90, 17.76
RGB Percent14.12%, 12.55%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH12.01, 18.00, 99.29
XYZ1.24, 1.41, 0.21
CIE-L*UV12.01, 2.92, 12.97
xyY0.44, 0.49, 1.41
Hunter-Lab11.87, -2.05, 7.28
RYB1.76%, 14.12%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#242000 on a dark background: contrast 1.28:1, fails WCAG AA.
#242000 on a light background: contrast 16.39:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #242000, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#242000 · #807100 · #1A1700 · #000424 · #000F80

Analogous palette

#240004 · #240E00 · #242000 · #162400 · #042400

Triadic palette

#242000 · #002420 · #200024 · #807100 · #008071

Tetradic palette

#242000 · #00240E · #000424 · #240016 · #1A1700

Monochromatic palette

#1A1700 · #1A1700 · #242000 · #706300 · #BDA700

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