#2B138A#2B138A

#2B138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.177 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B138A
RGB	rgb(43, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 44.94, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 75.32, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.46% 0.0284 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(32.46% 0.177 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8151, 2.8138, 24.2765)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B138A #728A13

analogous

#13368A #2B138A #66138A

triadic

#2B138A #8A2B13 #138A2B

tetradic

#2B138A #8A1336 #728A13 #138A66

square

#2B138A #8A1336 #728A13 #138A66

split-complementary

#2B138A #8A6613 #368A13

monochromatic

#09041E #1A0C54 #2B138A #3C1AC0 #5834E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#2B138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#2B138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B138A

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B138A	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.177 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7457ad',
    500: '#2b138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b138a;
$custom-light: #7457ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.101,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32462,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B138A

secondary

#A4BE3A

accent

#F235CC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B138A

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

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