#112255Dark Soul (#112255) is a very dark, soft blue with an OKLCH hue of 266°, lightness 0.27 and chroma 0.095. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #112255 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(17, 34, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(225, 67%, 20%) |
| HSV | hsv(225, 80%, 33%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(80%, 60%, 0%, 67%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(15.1 13.7 -33) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.273 0.095 266) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Soul shifts subtly: leans toward purple; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#162250 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward purple#142353 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#112255 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#112256 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Dark Soul in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 15.18:1 and against black 1.38:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#8c9dc3 · #6477a2 · #3f5381 · #112255 · #040f3e · #010015
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#104c67 · #0a3860 · #112255 · #171142 · #15032d · #0e0018
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c4abcb · #8095c6 · #90669d · #465a89 · #4b3851 · #112255
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e0c07a · #788196 · #54617d · #3c4353 · #112255 · #040c24
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f6f1e8 · #acb1be · #78756e · #383e4a · #112255 · #15120a
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f6f1e6 · #d0cabe · #a6a091 · #332b19 · #110900 · #112255
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#faf1dd · #c7ae79 · #8e7129 · #4f3a00 · #112255 · #081127
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d7d8b3 · #dfa277 · #727358 · #47322e · #112255 · #15072c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedeb · #de9f98 · #4e8452 · #1d4922 · #112255 · #240807
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf2 · #da9db3 · #8e7129 · #00493d · #112255 · #1a1000
#304272 · #51648F · #7586AC · #9BAACA · #C3CFE9
#0D1D4B · #0A1741 · #071237 · #040D2E · #030925
#16244C · #1A2642 · #1F2738
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.