#2B156B#2B156B

#2B156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.138 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B156B
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, 34.52, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 57.46, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0377 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.138 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9175, 2.1112, 14.1082)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B156B #556B15

analogous

#152A6B #2B156B #56156B

triadic

#2B156B #6B2B15 #156B2B

tetradic

#2B156B #6B152A #556B15 #156B56

square

#2B156B #6B152A #556B15 #156B56

split-complementary

#2B156B #6B5615 #2A6B15

monochromatic

#0A051A #160B38 #2B156B #401F9E #5429D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#2B156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2B156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B156B

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B156B	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.138 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5596',
    500: '#2b156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b156b;
$custom-light: #6d5596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29184,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B156B

secondary

#87A23A

accent

#EA3EBE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B156B

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

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