#201745 is a deep, cool purple. 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 #201745 works with other colors. Named schemes with #201745 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Russian Violet opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Russian Violet keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Russian Violet plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Russian Violet 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.
Russian Violet 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 Russian Violet carrying the quiet middle.
How #201745 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 #201745 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #201745;
--color-base-rgb: 32 23 69;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(24.6% 0.083 287.7);
--color-50: #F5F3FC;
--color-100: #E4E0F5;
--color-200: #CAC2EB;
--color-300: #A497D8;
--color-400: #8070C2;
--color-500: #604EA6;
--color-600: #4E4280;
--color-700: #3B335C;
--color-800: #29243C;
--color-900: #1B1825;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
russian-violet: {
50: '#F5F3FC',
100: '#E4E0F5',
200: '#CAC2EB',
300: '#A497D8',
400: '#8070C2',
500: '#604EA6',
600: '#4E4280',
700: '#3B335C',
800: '#29243C',
900: '#1B1825',
},
}
$base: #201745; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5F3FC; $base-100: #E4E0F5; $base-200: #CAC2EB; $base-300: #A497D8; $base-400: #8070C2; $base-500: #604EA6; $base-600: #4E4280; $base-700: #3B335C; $base-800: #29243C; $base-900: #1B1825; $base-hover: #1A1237; $base-subtle: #B2A8D8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#201745",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F3FC",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4E0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CAC2EB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A497D8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8070C2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#604EA6",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4E4280",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3B335C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#29243C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B1825",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}