#2B1559#2B1559

#2B1559 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.114 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1559
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.24, 28.85, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.24, 46.90, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(27.34% 0.0426 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(27.34% 0.114 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0671, 1.7711, 9.6295)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1559 #435915

analogous

#152159 #2B1559 #4D1559

triadic

#2B1559 #592B15 #15592B

tetradic

#2B1559 #591521 #435915 #15594D

square

#2B1559 #591521 #435915 #15594D

split-complementary

#2B1559 #594D15 #215915

monochromatic

#0C0619 #130927 #2B1559 #43218B #5B2CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#2B1559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#2B1559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1559

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1559	1.00	15.51	1.35	15.51
#FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.114 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5489',
    500: '#2b1559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1559;
$custom-light: #6a5489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27341,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1559

secondary

#749139

accent

#E543B0

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE8F0

border

#C6C4CB

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1559

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

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