#2B1561#2B1561

#2B1561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.125 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1561
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.02, 31.37, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.02, 51.66, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(28.14% 0.0406 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(28.14% 0.125 289)
XYZ	xyz(3.4215, 1.9128, 11.4959)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1561 #4B6115

analogous

#152561 #2B1561 #511561

triadic

#2B1561 #612B15 #15612B

tetradic

#2B1561 #611525 #4B6115 #156151

square

#2B1561 #611525 #4B6115 #156151

split-complementary

#2B1561 #615115 #256115

monochromatic

#0B0519 #150A2F #2B1561 #412093 #582BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.19

#2B1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1561

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1561	1.00	15.19	1.38	15.19
#FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.125 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b558f',
    500: '#2b1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1561;
$custom-light: #6b558f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28139,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.01913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1561

secondary

#7D983A

accent

#E740B7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1561

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

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