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#242000 color: Liquorice Root

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53°
100%

OKLCH

24%
0.051
103°
  • ≈ Graphite
  • Yellow
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • olive-900
  • Black 86%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text16.39:1 · AALc -106
Black text1.28:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #242000

#242000 is a soft very dark yellow color. In OKLCH it has 24% lightness, 0.051 chroma and a hue of 103°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 16.39:1 contrast and black text 1.28:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Liquorice Root (#222200). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is olive-900.

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Lighter: #242000 mixed with white

  1. 242000
  2. 363316
  3. 4a472d
  4. 5e5b44
  5. 73715d
  6. 898776
  7. 9f9e90
  8. b6b5ab
  9. cecdc6
  10. e6e6e2

Darker: #242000 mixed with black

  1. 242000
  2. 1e1a00
  3. 181500
  4. 120f00
  5. 0c0a00
  6. 070600
  7. 040300
  8. 020100
  9. 000000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #242000 with less saturation

  1. 242000
  2. 232003
  3. 232007
  4. 22200b
  5. 22200e
  6. 222012
  7. 212015
  8. 212017
  9. 20201a
  10. 201f1d