#230C42#230C42

#230C42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.095 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230C42
RGB	rgb(35, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 81.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.10, 25.26, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.10, 38.86, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(22.77% 0.0443 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(22.77% 0.095 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8077, 1.0136, 5.2536)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230C42 #2B420C

analogous

#0C1042 #230C42 #3E0C42

triadic

#230C42 #42230C #0C4223

tetradic

#230C42 #420C10 #2B420C #0C423E

square

#230C42 #420C10 #2B420C #0C423E

split-complementary

#230C42 #423E0C #10420C

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #230C42 #3E1576 #5A1FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.46

#230C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#230C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230C42

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230C42	1.00	17.46	1.20	17.46
#FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B1A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.095 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624d77',
    500: '#230c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230c42;
$custom-light: #624d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22769,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230C42

secondary

#5B7E2C

accent

#EC3CA1

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #230C42

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

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