#2B118E#2B118E

#2B118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.183 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B118E
RGB	rgb(43, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.50, 46.91, -62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.50, 78.21, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% 0.0278 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.183 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0776, 2.8670, 25.8190)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B118E #748E11

analogous

#11358E #2B118E #69118E

triadic

#2B118E #8E2B11 #118E2B

tetradic

#2B118E #8E1135 #748E11 #118E69

square

#2B118E #8E1135 #748E11 #118E69

split-complementary

#2B118E #8E6911 #358E11

monochromatic

#0A0421 #1A0A57 #2B118E #3C18C5 #5833E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#2B118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2B118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B118E

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B118E	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.183 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7556b0',
    500: '#2b118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b118e;
$custom-light: #7556b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.48,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32755,
    "c": 0.1828,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B118E

secondary

#A6C238

accent

#F533CD

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0311

muted

#7C7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B118E

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

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