#230837#230837

#230837 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.087 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230837
RGB	rgb(35, 8, 55)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.29, 24.18, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.29, 34.48, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(21.14% 0.0518 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(21.14% 0.087 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4694, 0.8068, 3.6920)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230837 #1C3708

analogous

#0C0837 #230837 #370834

triadic

#230837 #372308 #083723

tetradic

#230837 #370C08 #1C3708 #083437

square

#230837 #370C08 #1C3708 #083437

split-complementary

#230837 #343708 #08370C

monochromatic

#11041B #11041B #230837 #45106C #6718A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.08

#230837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#230837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230837

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230837	1.00	18.08	1.16	18.08
#FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 8, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.087 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604a6e',
    500: '#230837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230837;
$custom-light: #604a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21142,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230837

secondary

#477625

accent

#F13786

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #230837

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

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