#230B42#230B42

#230B42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.097 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230B42
RGB	rgb(35, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 83.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.91, 25.81, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.91, 39.46, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(22.63% 0.0454 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(22.63% 0.097 298)
XYZ	xyz(1.7959, 0.9900, 5.2497)
Luminance	0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230B42 #2A420B

analogous

#0B0E42 #230B42 #3F0B42

triadic

#230B42 #42230B #0B4223

tetradic

#230B42 #420B0E #2A420B #0B423F

square

#230B42 #420B0E #2A420B #0B423F

split-complementary

#230B42 #423F0B #0E420B

monochromatic

#0E041A #0E041A #230B42 #3F1476 #5B1CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.53

#230B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#230B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230B42

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230B42	1.00	17.53	1.20	17.53
#FFFFFF	17.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B1926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.097 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624c77',
    500: '#230b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230b42;
$custom-light: #624c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2263,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.0099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230B42

secondary

#5A7F2A

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #230B42

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

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