#2B157F#2B157F

#2B157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.162 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B157F
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 40.74, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 68.56, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(31.4% 0.0313 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(31.4% 0.162 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0940, 2.5818, 20.3045)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B157F #697F15

analogous

#15347F #2B157F #60157F

triadic

#2B157F #7F2B15 #157F2B

tetradic

#2B157F #7F1534 #697F15 #157F60

square

#2B157F #7F1534 #697F15 #157F60

split-complementary

#2B157F #7F6015 #347F15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4A #2B157F #3D1EB4 #5531DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#2B157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2B157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B157F

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B157F	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.162 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a5',
    500: '#2b157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b157f;
$custom-light: #7157a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31395,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B157F

secondary

#9BB43C

accent

#EE39C9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B157F

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

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