#231B2E#231B2E

#231B2E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.037 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231B2E
RGB	rgb(35, 27, 46)
HSL	hsl(265, 26%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 41.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.54, 8.84, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.54, 14.32, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(24.09% 0.0203 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(24.09% 0.037 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5781, 1.3384, 2.7594)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231B2E #262E1B

analogous

#1B1D2E #231B2E #2D1B2E

triadic

#231B2E #2E231B #1B2E23

tetradic

#231B2E #2E1B1D #262E1B #1B2E2D

square

#231B2E #2E1B1D #262E1B #1B2E2D

split-complementary

#231B2E #2E2D1B #1D2E1B

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #231B2E #403255 #5E487B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.57

#231B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#231B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231B2E

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231B2E	1.00	16.57	1.27	16.57
#FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 27, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.037 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5766',
    500: '#231b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231b2e;
$custom-light: #5e5766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24091,
    "c": 0.03712,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231B2E

secondary

#556143

accent

#C2659B

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #231B2E

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

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