#230B28#230B28

#230B28 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.063 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230B28
RGB	rgb(35, 11, 40)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.77, 18.13, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.77, 23.07, 321.78°)
OKLab	oklab(20.35% 0.0485 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(20.35% 0.063 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1958, 0.7499, 2.0888)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230B28 #10280B

analogous

#140B28 #230B28 #280B1F

triadic

#230B28 #28230B #0B2823

tetradic

#230B28 #28140B #10280B #0B1F28

square

#230B28 #28140B #10280B #0B1F28

split-complementary

#230B28 #1F280B #0B2814

monochromatic

#150718 #150718 #230B28 #4D1858 #772588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.26

#230B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#230B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230B28

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230B28	1.00	18.26	1.15	18.26
#FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#061329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#230F17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 11, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.063 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4b62',
    500: '#230b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230b28;
$custom-light: #5f4b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20354,
    "c": 0.06285,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230B28

secondary

#35642B

accent

#E04862

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #230B28

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

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