#230B23#230B23

#230B23 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.057 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230B23
RGB	rgb(35, 11, 35)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 0%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.49, 16.73, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.49, 19.97, 326.87°)
OKLab	oklab(20.01% 0.0478 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(20.01% 0.057 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1162, 0.7181, 1.6696)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230B23 #0B230B

analogous

#170B23 #230B23 #230B17

triadic

#230B23 #23230B #0B2323

tetradic

#230B23 #23170B #0B230B #0B1723

square

#230B23 #23170B #0B230B #0B1723

split-complementary

#230B23 #17230B #0B2317

monochromatic

#170717 #170717 #230B23 #521A52 #802880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.36

#230B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#230B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230B23

18.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230B23	1.00	18.36	1.14	18.36
#FFFFFF	18.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#240E15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 11, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.057 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e4b5e',
    500: '#230b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230b23;
$custom-light: #5e4b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20009,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230B23

secondary

#2C5E2C

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#040104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #230B23

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

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