#231E33#231E33

#231E33 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.040 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E33
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 51)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(254, 41%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 80%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.77, 8.16, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.77, 15.32, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(25.12% 0.0163 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(25.12% 0.04 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.7548, 1.5249, 3.3332)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E33 #2E331E

analogous

#1E2333 #231E33 #2D1E33

triadic

#231E33 #33231E #1E3323

tetradic

#231E33 #331E23 #2E331E #1E332D

square

#231E33 #331E23 #2E331E #1E332D

split-complementary

#231E33 #332D1E #23331E

monochromatic

#0D0B13 #0D0B13 #231E33 #3D355A #584B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.09

#231E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#231E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E33

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E33	1.00	16.09	1.31	16.09
#FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.040 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e596a',
    500: '#231e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e33;
$custom-light: #5e596a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25116,
    "c": 0.03954,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E33

secondary

#5F6647

accent

#C265AC

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E33

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

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