#230E23#230E23

#230E23 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.050 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230E23
RGB	rgb(35, 14, 35)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(300, 60%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 0%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.16, 15.07, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.16, 18.02, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(20.56% 0.0422 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(20.56% 0.05 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1535, 0.7928, 1.6820)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230E23 #0E230E

analogous

#190E23 #230E23 #230E19

triadic

#230E23 #23230E #0E2323

tetradic

#230E23 #23190E #0E230E #0E1923

square

#230E23 #23190E #0E230E #0E1923

split-complementary

#230E23 #19230E #0E2319

monochromatic

#160916 #160916 #230E23 #4F1F4F #7A317A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#230E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#230E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230E23

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230E23	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C1424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 14, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.050 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e4d5d',
    500: '#230e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230e23;
$custom-light: #5e4d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20564,
    "c": 0.05021,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230E23

secondary

#315C31

accent

#D35555

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#040104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #230E23

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

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