#231172#231172

#231172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.151 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231172
RGB	rgb(35, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.34, 37.79, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.34, 64.04, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(28.72% 0.0249 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(28.72% 0.151 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9299, 1.9728, 16.0900)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231172 #607211

analogous

#112F72 #231172 #531172

triadic

#231172 #722311 #117223

tetradic

#231172 #72112F #607211 #117253

square

#231172 #72112F #607211 #117253

split-complementary

#231172 #725311 #2F7211

monochromatic

#08041B #13093D #231172 #3319A7 #4421DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.06

#231172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#231172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231172

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231172	1.00	15.06	1.39	15.06
#FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.151 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b539c',
    500: '#231172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231172;
$custom-light: #6b539c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28724,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231172

secondary

#94A936

accent

#F137CE

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#ECE7F2

border

#C7C3CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #231172

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

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