#230B38#230B38

#230B38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.084 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230B38
RGB	rgb(35, 11, 56)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 80.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.97, 22.84, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.97, 33.28, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(21.67% 0.0477 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(21.67% 0.084 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5265, 0.8822, 3.8305)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230B38 #20380B

analogous

#0C0B38 #230B38 #380B36

triadic

#230B38 #38230B #0B3823

tetradic

#230B38 #380C0B #20380B #0B3638

square

#230B38 #380C0B #20380B #0B3638

split-complementary

#230B38 #36380B #0B380C

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #230B38 #43156B #631F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.85

#230B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#230B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230B38

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230B38	1.00	17.85	1.18	17.85
#FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 11, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.084 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c6f',
    500: '#230b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230b38;
$custom-light: #604c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2167,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230B38

secondary

#4D752A

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #230B38

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

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