#2B1237#2B1237

#2B1237 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.073 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1237
RGB	rgb(43, 18, 55)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.72, 20.58, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.72, 28.01, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(23.91% 0.0503 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(23.91% 0.073 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9020, 1.2221, 3.7494)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1237 #1E3712

analogous

#191237 #2B1237 #371231

triadic

#2B1237 #372B12 #12372B

tetradic

#2B1237 #371912 #1E3712 #123137

square

#2B1237 #371912 #1E3712 #123137

split-complementary

#2B1237 #313712 #123719

monochromatic

#120817 #120817 #2B1237 #4F2165 #733093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#2B1237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#2B1237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1237

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1237	1.00	16.88	1.24	16.88
#FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 18, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.073 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66516e',
    500: '#2b1237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1237;
$custom-light: #66516e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23908,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1237

secondary

#487035

accent

#DA4E7B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1237

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

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