#09011B#09011B

#09011B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.4% C 0.061 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09011B
RGB	rgb(9, 1, 27)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 5%)
HSV	hsv(258, 96%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 96.3%, 0%, 89.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.44, 6.97, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.44, 14.33, 299.13°)
OKLab	oklab(12.44% 0.026 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(12.44% 0.061 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.3213, 0.1589, 1.0504)
Luminance	0.0016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 10.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09011B #131B01

analogous

#01061B #09011B #16011B

triadic

#09011B #1B0901 #011B09

tetradic

#09011B #1B0106 #131B01 #011B16

square

#09011B #1B0106 #131B01 #011B16

split-complementary

#09011B #1B1601 #061B01

monochromatic

#0A011E #0A011E #0A011E #1D0356 #300591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.35

#09011B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.03

#09011B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09011B

20.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09011B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09011B	1.00	20.35	1.03	20.35
#FFFFFF	20.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00051C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00051A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05060C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#050505

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09011b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 1, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.4% 0.061 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a4757',
    500: '#09011b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09011b;
$custom-light: #4a4757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09011b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 5.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.12442,
    "c": 0.06101,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09011B

secondary

#4B6315

accent

#FF29BD

background

#F4F3F5

surface

#E7E5E9

border

#C3C1C5

text

#010003

muted

#777778

Preview Lab

Preview with #09011B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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