#231A4E#231A4E

#231A4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.092 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231A4E
RGB	rgb(35, 26, 78)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.51, 20.25, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.51, 36.80, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(26.29% 0.0256 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(26.29% 0.092 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4373, 1.6461, 7.3955)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231A4E #454E1A

analogous

#1A2B4E #231A4E #3D1A4E

triadic

#231A4E #4E231A #1A4E23

tetradic

#231A4E #4E1A2B #454E1A #1A4E3D

square

#231A4E #4E1A2B #454E1A #1A4E3D

split-complementary

#231A4E #4E3D1A #2B4E1A

monochromatic

#0A0817 #0E0B20 #231A4E #38297C #4C39AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.80

#231A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#231A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231A4E

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231A4E	1.00	15.80	1.33	15.80
#FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00214D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#132631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 26, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.092 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625780',
    500: '#231a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231a4e;
$custom-light: #625780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26286,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231A4E

secondary

#788440

accent

#DA4EC1

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#05030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #231A4E

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

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