#231C2E#231C2E

#231C2E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.035 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231C2E
RGB	rgb(35, 28, 46)
HSL	hsl(263, 24%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(263, 39%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 39.1%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.86, 8.10, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.86, 13.48, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(24.33% 0.0184 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(24.33% 0.035 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6014, 1.3851, 2.7672)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231C2E #272E1C

analogous

#1C1E2E #231C2E #2C1C2E

triadic

#231C2E #2E231C #1C2E23

tetradic

#231C2E #2E1C1E #272E1C #1C2E2C

square

#231C2E #2E1C1E #272E1C #1C2E2C

split-complementary

#231C2E #2E2C1C #1E2E1C

monochromatic

#0E0C13 #0E0C13 #231C2E #403354 #5D4A7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#231C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#231C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231C2E

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231C2E	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211F23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 28, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.035 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5866',
    500: '#231c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231c2e;
$custom-light: #5e5866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24333,
    "c": 0.03494,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231C2E

secondary

#566145

accent

#C1679E

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #231C2E

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

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