#2B156E#2B156E

#2B156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.141 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B156E
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.38, 35.46, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.38, 59.16, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% 0.0368 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.141 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0780, 2.1755, 14.9538)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B156E #586E15

analogous

#152C6E #2B156E #57156E

triadic

#2B156E #6E2B15 #156E2B

tetradic

#2B156E #6E152C #586E15 #156E57

square

#2B156E #6E152C #586E15 #156E57

split-complementary

#2B156E #6E5715 #2C6E15

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B3B #2B156E #3F1FA1 #5329D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#2B156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2B156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B156E

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B156E	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.141 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5699',
    500: '#2b156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b156e;
$custom-light: #6e5699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.831,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29506,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B156E

secondary

#8AA43A

accent

#EB3DC0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B156E

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

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