#201838#201838

#201838 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.060 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201838
RGB	rgb(32, 24, 56)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(255, 57%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.89, 13.19, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.89, 23.57, 304.02°)
OKLab	oklab(23.72% 0.0232 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(23.72% 0.06 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6359, 1.2458, 3.8949)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201838 #303818

analogous

#182038 #201838 #301838

triadic

#201838 #382018 #183820

tetradic

#201838 #381820 #303818 #183830

square

#201838 #381820 #303818 #183830

split-complementary

#201838 #383018 #203818

monochromatic

#0C0915 #0C0915 #201838 #382A63 #513D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.81

#201838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#201838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201838

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201838	1.00	16.81	1.25	16.81
#FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C1E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A1E25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 24, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.060 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d546f',
    500: '#201838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201838;
$custom-light: #5d546f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23718,
    "c": 0.05986,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201838

secondary

#626E3E

accent

#D058B2

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#040307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #201838

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

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