#2B1581#2B1581

#2B1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.165 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1581
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 41.35, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 69.64, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0306 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.165 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2256, 2.6345, 20.9978)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1581 #6B8115

analogous

#153581 #2B1581 #611581

triadic

#2B1581 #812B15 #15812B

tetradic

#2B1581 #811535 #6B8115 #158161

square

#2B1581 #811535 #6B8115 #158161

split-complementary

#2B1581 #816115 #358115

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4C #2B1581 #3D1EB6 #5633DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#2B1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2B1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1581

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1581	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.165 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7257a7',
    500: '#2b1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1581;
$custom-light: #7257a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31623,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1581

secondary

#9DB63C

accent

#EF39CA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1581

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

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