Phthalo Blue is a deep, cool violet. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how Phthalo Blue works with other colors. Named schemes with Phthalo Blue in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Phthalo Blue 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.
Phthalo Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Phthalo Blue.
Phthalo Blue 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 Phthalo Blue.
Phthalo Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Phthalo Blue 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 Phthalo Blue carrying the quiet middle.
How Phthalo Blue 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 Phthalo Blue at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #000F89;
--color-base-rgb: 0 15 137;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.7% 0.189 264.2);
--color-50: #F0F2FE;
--color-100: #D8DCFD;
--color-200: #B1B9FC;
--color-300: #7786F8;
--color-400: #465AEC;
--color-500: #2237D2;
--color-600: #23319F;
--color-700: #1F2870;
--color-800: #181E48;
--color-900: #11142C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
phthalo-blue: {
50: '#F0F2FE',
100: '#D8DCFD',
200: '#B1B9FC',
300: '#7786F8',
400: '#465AEC',
500: '#2237D2',
600: '#23319F',
700: '#1F2870',
800: '#181E48',
900: '#11142C',
},
}
$base: #000F89; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0F2FE; $base-100: #D8DCFD; $base-200: #B1B9FC; $base-300: #7786F8; $base-400: #465AEC; $base-500: #2237D2; $base-600: #23319F; $base-700: #1F2870; $base-800: #181E48; $base-900: #11142C; $base-hover: #000D6E; $base-subtle: #9DA7F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#000F89",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0F2FE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8DCFD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1B9FC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7786F8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#465AEC",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#2237D2",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#23319F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#1F2870",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#181E48",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#11142C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}