#2B156A#2B156A

#2B156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.136 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B156A
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.95, 34.21, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.95, 56.88, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% 0.038 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.136 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8652, 2.0903, 13.8327)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B156A #546A15

analogous

#152A6A #2B156A #55156A

triadic

#2B156A #6A2B15 #156A2B

tetradic

#2B156A #6A152A #546A15 #156A55

square

#2B156A #6A152A #546A15 #156A55

split-complementary

#2B156A #6A5515 #2A6A15

monochromatic

#0A051A #160B37 #2B156A #401F9D #5429D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#2B156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2B156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B156A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B156A	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.136 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5596',
    500: '#2b156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b156a;
$custom-light: #6d5596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29078,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B156A

secondary

#86A13A

accent

#EA3EBD

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B156A

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

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