#101355 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 #101355 works with other colors. Named schemes with #101355 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 #101355 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 #101355 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #101355;
--color-base-rgb: 16 19 85;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(24.1% 0.116 271.8);
--color-50: #F2F2FD;
--color-100: #DCDDF9;
--color-200: #BBBDF2;
--color-300: #8C90E3;
--color-400: #6166D1;
--color-500: #3F45B6;
--color-600: #373B8B;
--color-700: #2C2F63;
--color-800: #202241;
--color-900: #151628;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
navy: {
50: '#F2F2FD',
100: '#DCDDF9',
200: '#BBBDF2',
300: '#8C90E3',
400: '#6166D1',
500: '#3F45B6',
600: '#373B8B',
700: '#2C2F63',
800: '#202241',
900: '#151628',
},
}
$base: #101355; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2F2FD; $base-100: #DCDDF9; $base-200: #BBBDF2; $base-300: #8C90E3; $base-400: #6166D1; $base-500: #3F45B6; $base-600: #373B8B; $base-700: #2C2F63; $base-800: #202241; $base-900: #151628; $base-hover: #0D1045; $base-subtle: #A2A5E1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#101355",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2F2FD",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCDDF9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBBDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8C90E3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6166D1",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3F45B6",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#373B8B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2C2F63",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#202241",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#151628",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}