#2B156C#2B156C

#2B156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.139 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B156C
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.17, 34.84, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.17, 58.03, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.29% 0.0374 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(29.29% 0.139 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9704, 2.1324, 14.3868)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B156C #566C15

analogous

#152B6C #2B156C #56156C

triadic

#2B156C #6C2B15 #156C2B

tetradic

#2B156C #6C152B #566C15 #156C56

square

#2B156C #6C152B #566C15 #156C56

split-complementary

#2B156C #6C5615 #2B6C15

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B39 #2B156C #3F1F9F #5429D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#2B156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2B156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B156C

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B156C	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.139 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5597',
    500: '#2b156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b156c;
$custom-light: #6d5597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.172,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29291,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B156C

secondary

#88A33A

accent

#EA3DBF

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B156C

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

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