Mythical Night
#1c2e63
Moody near-black indigo violet for low-key headers
About Mythical Night
I keep seeing Mythical Night as that deep, late-hour purple on dark gradients where other purples start to look gray or too "blue-first." It has a cool, bluish undertone, but it doesn't behave like Atlantic Navy. This one stays more clearly purple in tone, with a slightly higher lightness that keeps edges crisp instead of swallowed.
It's my pick for dashboards and finance apps when you want a primary accent that reads confident, not navy-cold, and not the looser glow you get with lighter family members. I use it for primary buttons, active tab fills, and chart series where you need the color to feel dense behind the UI, especially in authentication flows and reporting views.
Pair it with neutral cool grays or clean off-whites. Warm creams will pull it toward bruised territory faster than you'd expect.
Code snippets
Copy this color into your project.
Contrast checker
WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
Variations
Shades
Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.
Tints
Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.
Tones
Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.
Hues
Hue rotations around the color wheel.
Temperatures
Warm and cool shifts of this color.
Color harmonies
Suggested palettes
Palettes built around this color.
Community palettes
Published palettes that include this color.