#231561#231561

#231561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.126 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231561
RGB	rgb(35, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.15, 30.09, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.15, 52.07, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(27.32% 0.0275 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(27.32% 0.126 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1183, 1.7565, 11.4817)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231561 #536115

analogous

#152D61 #231561 #491561

triadic

#231561 #612315 #156123

tetradic

#231561 #61152D #536115 #156149

square

#231561 #61152D #536115 #156149

split-complementary

#231561 #614915 #2D6115

monochromatic

#090519 #110A2F #231561 #352093 #472BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#231561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#231561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231561

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231561	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.126 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67548f',
    500: '#231561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231561;
$custom-light: #67548f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27316,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231561

secondary

#87983A

accent

#E740C9

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#06030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #231561

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

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