#230C38#230C38

#230C38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.082 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230C38
RGB	rgb(35, 12, 56)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.18, 22.25, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.18, 32.63, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(21.82% 0.0463 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(21.82% 0.082 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.5383, 0.9058, 3.8344)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230C38 #21380C

analogous

#0D0C38 #230C38 #380C37

triadic

#230C38 #38230C #0C3823

tetradic

#230C38 #380D0C #21380C #0C3738

square

#230C38 #380D0C #21380C #0C3738

split-complementary

#230C38 #37380C #0C380D

monochromatic

#100519 #100519 #230C38 #42176A #62229D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#230C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#230C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230C38

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230C38	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 12, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.082 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c6f',
    500: '#230c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230c38;
$custom-light: #604c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21822,
    "c": 0.08209,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230C38

secondary

#4E742C

accent

#E84090

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #230C38

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

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