#231E27#231E27

#231E27 is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.018 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E27
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 39)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 84.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.17, 4.64, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.17, 6.96, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(24.46% 0.0118 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(24.46% 0.018 310)
XYZ	xyz(1.5236, 1.4324, 2.1153)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E27 #22271E

analogous

#1E1E27 #231E27 #271E26

triadic

#231E27 #27231E #1E2723

tetradic

#231E27 #271E1E #22271E #1E2627

square

#231E27 #271E1E #22271E #1E2627

split-complementary

#231E27 #26271E #1E271E

monochromatic

#100D11 #100D11 #231E27 #42394A #61536C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.32

#231E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#231E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E27

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E27	1.00	16.32	1.29	16.32
#FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.018 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5961',
    500: '#231e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e27;
$custom-light: #5d5961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24463,
    "c": 0.01831,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.01432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E27

secondary

#505849

accent

#B67290

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#040305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E27

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

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