#2B157A#2B157A

#2B157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.156 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157A
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.71, 39.20, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.71, 65.85, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.033 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.156 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7762, 2.4547, 18.6307)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157A #647A15

analogous

#15327A #2B157A #5D157A

triadic

#2B157A #7A2B15 #157A2B

tetradic

#2B157A #7A1532 #647A15 #157A5D

square

#2B157A #7A1532 #647A15 #157A5D

split-complementary

#2B157A #7A5D15 #327A15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C46 #2B157A #3D1EAE #542EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#2B157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#2B157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157A

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157A	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.156 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a2',
    500: '#2b157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157a;
$custom-light: #7056a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.069,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30829,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157A

secondary

#96AF3B

accent

#ED3AC6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157A

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

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