Color specimenNo. 03223169

#312E81

Dark Indigo

A deterministic reference card for #312E81. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
49, 46, 129
HSL
242°, 47%, 34%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · indigo

tailwind · indigo 900

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-indigo-900, text-indigo-900, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · indigo

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Class name
indigo-900
Hex
#312E81
Closest CSS named color
darkslateblue
Full color breakdown
/color/312e81

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #312E81 as the text color.

11.42:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #312E81 as the text color.

1.84:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #312E81 as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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