#2B157B#2B157B

#2B157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.157 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157B
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.83, 39.51, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.83, 66.39, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% 0.0326 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.157 282)
XYZ	xyz(4.8385, 2.4796, 18.9587)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157B #657B15

analogous

#15327B #2B157B #5E157B

triadic

#2B157B #7B2B15 #157B2B

tetradic

#2B157B #7B1532 #657B15 #157B5E

square

#2B157B #7B1532 #657B15 #157B5E

split-complementary

#2B157B #7B5E15 #327B15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C47 #2B157B #3D1EAF #542FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#2B157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2B157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157B

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157B	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.157 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a2',
    500: '#2b157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157b;
$custom-light: #7056a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30942,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.0248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157B

secondary

#97B03B

accent

#EE3AC7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157B

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

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