#2B157D#2B157D

#2B157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.160 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157D
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 40.12, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 67.48, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.032 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.16 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9649, 2.5302, 19.6248)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157D #677D15

analogous

#15337D #2B157D #5F157D

triadic

#2B157D #7D2B15 #157D2B

tetradic

#2B157D #7D1533 #677D15 #157D5F

square

#2B157D #7D1533 #677D15 #157D5F

split-complementary

#2B157D #7D5F15 #337D15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C49 #2B157D #3D1EB1 #5530DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#2B157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157D

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157D	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.160 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a4',
    500: '#2b157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157d;
$custom-light: #7157a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31168,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157D

secondary

#99B23C

accent

#EE3AC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157D

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

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