#2B157E#2B157E

#2B157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.161 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157E
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 40.43, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 68.02, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.28% 0.0316 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(31.28% 0.161 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0291, 2.5559, 19.9629)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157E #687E15

analogous

#15347E #2B157E #60157E

triadic

#2B157E #7E2B15 #157E2B

tetradic

#2B157E #7E1534 #687E15 #157E60

square

#2B157E #7E1534 #687E15 #157E60

split-complementary

#2B157E #7E6015 #347E15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4A #2B157E #3D1EB2 #5531DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#2B157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157E

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157E	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.161 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a5',
    500: '#2b157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157e;
$custom-light: #7157a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31281,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157E

secondary

#9AB33C

accent

#EE3AC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157E

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

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