HEX Color #240016 (Black)

About #240016

When working with digital screens, the color #240016 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Black. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(36, 0, 22).

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 323.3° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 7.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a very dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#240016

RGB36, 0, 22

HSL323.3°, 100.0%, 7.1%

CMYK0%, 100%, 39%, 86%

HSV323.3°, 100.0%, 14.1%

LAB3.9, 18.9, -4.7

XYZ0.9, 0.4, 0.8

Decimal2359318

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#240016 #00240E

Analogous

#200024 #240003

Triadic

#152400 #001524

Tetradic

#242000 #00240E #000324

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#240016

#3C1C2F

#543849

#6D5563

#85717D

#9D8D97

#B6AAB1

#CEC6CB

#E6E2E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#240016

#200013

#1C0011

#18000E

#14000C

#100009

#0C0007

#080004

#040002

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

19.33:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

1.09:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

18.47:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.08:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #240016; }

.text-color { color: #240016; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #240016; }

Similar Colors

Black

#000000