#100648 is a deep, cool violet. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #100648 works with other colors. Named schemes with #100648 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Navy carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Navy adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Navy.
Navy opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Navy plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Navy is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Navy carrying the quiet middle.
How #100648 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #100648 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #100648;
--color-base-rgb: 16 6 72;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(20.5% 0.112 277.1);
--color-50: #F2F0FE;
--color-100: #DED8FD;
--color-200: #BEB4F9;
--color-300: #9181EE;
--color-400: #6853DF;
--color-500: #4630C5;
--color-600: #3C2C96;
--color-700: #2F256A;
--color-800: #221C45;
--color-900: #17132A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
navy: {
50: '#F2F0FE',
100: '#DED8FD',
200: '#BEB4F9',
300: '#9181EE',
400: '#6853DF',
500: '#4630C5',
600: '#3C2C96',
700: '#2F256A',
800: '#221C45',
900: '#17132A',
},
}
$base: #100648; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2F0FE; $base-100: #DED8FD; $base-200: #BEB4F9; $base-300: #9181EE; $base-400: #6853DF; $base-500: #4630C5; $base-600: #3C2C96; $base-700: #2F256A; $base-800: #221C45; $base-900: #17132A; $base-hover: #0C0539; $base-subtle: #A194E8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#100648",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2F0FE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DED8FD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BEB4F9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9181EE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6853DF",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#4630C5",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3C2C96",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2F256A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#221C45",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#17132A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}