#201837#201837

#201837 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.058 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201837
RGB	rgb(32, 24, 55)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(255, 56%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.82, 12.85, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.82, 22.88, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(23.64% 0.023 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(23.64% 0.058 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6117, 1.2361, 3.7674)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201837 #2F3718

analogous

#181F37 #201837 #2F1837

triadic

#201837 #372018 #183720

tetradic

#201837 #37181F #2F3718 #18372F

square

#201837 #37181F #2F3718 #18372F

split-complementary

#201837 #372F18 #1F3718

monochromatic

#0C0915 #0C0915 #201837 #392B62 #523D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.84

#201837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#201837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201837

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201837	1.00	16.84	1.25	16.84
#FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A1E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 24, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.058 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d546e',
    500: '#201837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201837;
$custom-light: #5d546e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23643,
    "c": 0.05818,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201837

secondary

#616D3E

accent

#CF59B1

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040207

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #201837

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

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