#2816A5#2816A5

#2816A5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.207 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2816A5
RGB	rgb(40, 22, 165)
HSL	hsl(248, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(248, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 86.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 51.46, -71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 87.91, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0142 -0.206)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.207 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9513, 3.7407, 35.8930)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2816A5 #93A516

analogous

#164CA5 #2816A5 #7016A5

triadic

#2816A5 #A52816 #16A528

tetradic

#2816A5 #A5164C #93A516 #16A570

square

#2816A5 #A5164C #93A516 #16A570

split-complementary

#2816A5 #A57016 #4CA516

monochromatic

#0E0839 #1B0F6F #2816A5 #351DDB #614EE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#2816A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#2816A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2816A5

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2816A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2816A5	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0030A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2816a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 22, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.207 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795ac1',
    500: '#2816a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2816a5;
$custom-light: #795ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2816a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.552,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35765,
    "c": 0.20652,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2816A5

secondary

#BAC94E

accent

#F335DB

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F8

border

#CAC5D1

text

#0B0413

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2816A5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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