#230b31

Color #230b31

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 29.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#230b31

RGB

rgb(35, 11, 49)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 63.3%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 77.6%, 19.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 80.8%)

LAB

lab(7.39, 20.76, -20.01)

LCH

lch(7.39, 28.83, 316.05)

OKLCH

oklch(21.1%, 0.0745, 310.64)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 4.3%, 80.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#19310b

Analogous

#100b31

#230b31

#310b2c

Triadic

#230b31

#31230b

#0b3123

Split-complementary

#230b31

#2c310b

#0b3110

Tetradic

#230b31

#310b19

#19310b

#0b3123

Square

#230b31

#31100b

#19310b

#0b2c31

Shades

Color #230b31 mixed toward black.

#1d0929

#170721

#120619

#0c0410

#060208

Tints

Color #230b31 mixed toward white.

#4f196e

#7b27ac

#a147d6

#c185e3

#e0c2f1

Tones

Color #230b31 mixed toward gray.

#220e2e

#21112b

#211528

#201824

#1f1b21

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.16:1

White text reads better on this background (18.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1b1b2b · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#1c1e29 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#222524 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 19.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #230b31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#230b31]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#230b31 (#230b31) is rgb(35, 11, 49) in RGB.

No, #230b31 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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