#2B156D#2B156D

#2B156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.140 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B156D
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, 35.15, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 58.59, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.4% 0.0371 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(29.4% 0.14 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0239, 2.1538, 14.6687)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B156D #576D15

analogous

#152B6D #2B156D #57156D

triadic

#2B156D #6D2B15 #156D2B

tetradic

#2B156D #6D152B #576D15 #156D57

square

#2B156D #6D152B #576D15 #156D57

split-complementary

#2B156D #6D5715 #2B6D15

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B3A #2B156D #3F1FA0 #5329D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#2B156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2B156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B156D

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B156D	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.140 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5598',
    500: '#2b156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b156d;
$custom-light: #6d5598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29398,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B156D

secondary

#89A33A

accent

#EB3DBF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B156D

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

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