#231E28#231E28

#231E28 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.020 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E28
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(270, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 25%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.22, 4.91, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.22, 7.64, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(24.51% 0.0122 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(24.51% 0.02 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.5403, 1.4391, 2.2037)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E28 #23281E

analogous

#1E1E28 #231E28 #281E28

triadic

#231E28 #28231E #1E2823

tetradic

#231E28 #281E1E #23281E #1E2828

square

#231E28 #281E1E #23281E #1E2828

split-complementary

#231E28 #28281E #1E281E

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #0F0D11 #231E28 #42384B #60526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#231E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#231E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E28

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E28	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.020 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5961',
    500: '#231e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e28;
$custom-light: #5d5961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24512,
    "c": 0.02002,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E28

secondary

#515949

accent

#B77194

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#040305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E28

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

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