#230B2B#230B2B

#230B2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.067 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230B2B
RGB	rgb(35, 11, 43)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.97, 19.00, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.97, 24.99, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(20.58% 0.0486 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(20.58% 0.067 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2488, 0.7711, 2.3681)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230B2B #132B0B

analogous

#130B2B #230B2B #2B0B23

triadic

#230B2B #2B230B #0B2B23

tetradic

#230B2B #2B130B #132B0B #0B232B

square

#230B2B #2B130B #132B0B #0B232B

split-complementary

#230B2B #232B0B #0B2B13

monochromatic

#140618 #140618 #230B2B #4B175C #72248C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.19

#230B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#230B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230B2B

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230B2B	1.00	18.19	1.15	18.19
#FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04142C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C162A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 11, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.067 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4b64',
    500: '#230b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230b2b;
$custom-light: #5f4b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20577,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230B2B

secondary

#3A672B

accent

#E2456D

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #230B2B

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

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