#231E2C#231E2C

#231E2C is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.027 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E2C
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 44)
HSL	hsl(261, 19%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.40, 6.04, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.40, 10.41, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(24.72% 0.0139 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(24.72% 0.027 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6119, 1.4677, 2.5808)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E2C #272C1E

analogous

#1E202C #231E2C #2A1E2C

triadic

#231E2C #2C231E #1E2C23

tetradic

#231E2C #2C1E20 #272C1E #1E2C2A

square

#231E2C #2C1E20 #272C1E #1E2C2A

split-complementary

#231E2C #2C2A1E #202C1E

monochromatic

#0E0C12 #0E0C12 #231E2C #403750 #5D5075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.23

#231E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#231E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E2C

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E2C	1.00	16.23	1.29	16.23
#FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B202D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.027 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5965',
    500: '#231e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e2c;
$custom-light: #5e5965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24717,
    "c": 0.02705,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E2C

secondary

#565E48

accent

#BC6C9F

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E2C

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

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