#201B2C#201B2C

#201B2C is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.033 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201B2C
RGB	rgb(32, 27, 44)
HSL	hsl(258, 24%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 38.6%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.08, 7.04, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.08, 12.68, 303.74°)
OKLab	oklab(23.62% 0.0151 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(23.62% 0.033 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4421, 1.2728, 2.5521)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201B2C #272C1B

analogous

#1B1F2C #201B2C #291B2C

triadic

#201B2C #2C201B #1B2C20

tetradic

#201B2C #2C1B1F #272C1B #1B2C29

square

#201B2C #2C1B1F #272C1B #1B2C29

split-complementary

#201B2C #2C291B #1F2C1B

monochromatic

#0E0C13 #0E0C13 #201B2C #3C3252 #574A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#201B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#201B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201B2C

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201B2C	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 27, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.033 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5765',
    500: '#201b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201b2c;
$custom-light: #5b5765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23622,
    "c": 0.03278,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201B2C

secondary

#575F44

accent

#C067A6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #201B2C

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

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