What color is #300025?

#300025 is a very dark, vivid magenta. In RGB it is rgb(48, 0, 37), and in HSL hsl(314, 100%, 9%).

Is #300025 accessible as text?

On white, #300025 has a contrast ratio of 18.22:1 (passes WCAG AA for body text); on black it is 1.15:1 (fails). For text placed on #300025, use white for the best readability.

What is the closest Tailwind color to #300025?

The nearest Tailwind CSS token is mauve-900 (#1D161E).

What colors go well with #300025?

#300025 pairs cleanly with neutrals — cream, taupe, charcoal and cool grays — and with its complementary #002E0B. In UI, a softer accent is often easier to use than the exact complement. Explore the harmonies, shades, tints and ready-made palettes for #300025 below.

Is #300025 good for buttons?

#300025 works well for buttons and highlights, but use white text on #300025 — black text only reaches 1.15:1, below the 4.5:1 needed for normal-size labels.

Is #300025 the same as CSS midnightblue?

No — #300025 is not the CSS named color midnightblue, but midnightblue (#191970) is the closest CSS named color by perceptual color distance — it sits in a different color family, so treat it as a rough reference, not a match.

#300025 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, Palette & Shades

Palettes built on #300025

Not just a swatch — here's how #300025 works with other colors. Named schemes with #300025 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.

Vintage Leather Lead · 5 colors

Lead #300025 Secondary #7D472D Surface #ECD8C1 Accent #454F38 Anchor #592233

Deep Purple plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.

Warm Autumn Interior Dominant · 5 colors

Dominant #300025 Secondary #BA6032 Accent #7D7540 Surface #F5EBDD Anchor #3C2922

This palette keeps Deep Purple as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.

Japanese Sand Base · 5 colors

Base #300025 Surface #F1E8DC Highlight #F7F0E7 Secondary #BCADA0 Ink #2B2723

Deep Purple sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.

Luxury Packaging Feature · 5 colors

Feature #300025 Anchor #141210 Accent #D69B51 Secondary #30252C Surface #F3EDE3

Deep Purple 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.

Minimal Editorial Surface · 5 colors

Surface #F7F4EF Accent #300025 Secondary #463440 Support #9C9087 Ink #18140F

Deep Purple 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 Deep Purple carrying the quiet middle.

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Color Lab

How #300025 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.

Warmth 59/100

Neutral

Balanced temperature — flexible, sits between warm and cool schemes.

Softness 20/100

Very low

Firm and assertive — carries weight and contrast.

Depth 78/100

High

Deep and grounding — anchors a layout, strong dark-mode base.

Naturalness 7/100

Very low

Reads engineered rather than organic — synthetic, digital.

Vintage feel 42/100

Moderate

A faint retro warmth without tipping into sepia.

Luxury 81/100

Very high

Restrained and premium — deep, quiet, high-end packaging and fashion.

Brand distinctiveness 35/100

Low

Recognisable but shares space with nearby hues.

UI accent fit 15/100

Very low

Weak as an action color — too pale, too dark or too muted to signal.

Surface fit 44/100

Moderate

Usable as a tinted surface in measured doses.

Print safety 90/100

Very high

Reproduces faithfully in CMYK — safe for packaging and print.

Pairs with #300025

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People also use #300025 with

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UI roles & guardrails

Primary action Safe as a filled button with white label. AAA

Body text Passes on white at 16px and above. Pass

Large display Fine for headings 24px+ on white. Pass

Background Pair with white text at 18.2:1. Use

Subtle surface Use #F2AFE2 for cards and hover fills. Tint 80

Avoid beside #2E0014 — the hue gap is too small to read as intentional. Clash

In real applications

Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #300025 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.

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:root {
  --color-base: #300025;
  --color-base-rgb: 48 0 37;
  --color-base-oklch: oklch(20.9% 0.091 339.5);
  --color-50: #FEF0FB;
  --color-100: #FDD8F5;
  --color-200: #FCB1EA;
  --color-300: #F877DA;
  --color-400: #EC46C5;
  --color-500: #D222A9;
  --color-600: #9F2382;
  --color-700: #701F5D;
  --color-800: #48183D;
  --color-900: #2C1126;
  --color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}

// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
  deep-purple: {
    50: '#FEF0FB',
    100: '#FDD8F5',
    200: '#FCB1EA',
    300: '#F877DA',
    400: '#EC46C5',
    500: '#D222A9',
    600: '#9F2382',
    700: '#701F5D',
    800: '#48183D',
    900: '#2C1126',
  },
}

$base: #300025;
$base-ink: #FFFFFF;
$base-50: #FEF0FB;
$base-100: #FDD8F5;
$base-200: #FCB1EA;
$base-300: #F877DA;
$base-400: #EC46C5;
$base-500: #D222A9;
$base-600: #9F2382;
$base-700: #701F5D;
$base-800: #48183D;
$base-900: #2C1126;
$base-hover: #25001C;
$base-subtle: #EE84D6;

{
    "color": {
        "base": {
            "value": "#300025",
            "type": "color"
        },
        "onBase": {
            "value": "#FFFFFF",
            "type": "color"
        },
        "scale": {
            "50": {
                "value": "#FEF0FB",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "100": {
                "value": "#FDD8F5",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "200": {
                "value": "#FCB1EA",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "300": {
                "value": "#F877DA",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "400": {
                "value": "#EC46C5",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "500": {
                "value": "#D222A9",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "600": {
                "value": "#9F2382",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "700": {
                "value": "#701F5D",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "800": {
                "value": "#48183D",
                "type": "color"
            },
            "900": {
                "value": "#2C1126",
                "type": "color"
            }
        }
    }
}

Palettes built on #300025

Color Lab

Pairs with #300025

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