#2B138E#2B138E

#2B138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.181 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B138E
RGB	rgb(43, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 46.12, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 77.38, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% 0.027 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.181 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1100, 2.9318, 25.8298)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B138E #768E13

analogous

#13398E #2B138E #69138E

triadic

#2B138E #8E2B13 #138E2B

tetradic

#2B138E #8E1339 #768E13 #138E69

square

#2B138E #8E1339 #768E13 #138E69

split-complementary

#2B138E #8E6913 #398E13

monochromatic

#0A0522 #1B0C58 #2B138E #3B1AC4 #5937E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#2B138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#2B138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B138E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B138E	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.181 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7557b0',
    500: '#2b138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b138e;
$custom-light: #7557b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32936,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B138E

secondary

#A8C23B

accent

#F335CE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0311

muted

#7C7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B138E

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

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