#2B1588#2B1588

#2B1588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.173 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1588
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 136)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 43.47, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 73.37, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.43% 0.0283 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(32.43% 0.173 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7069, 2.8270, 23.5327)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1588 #728815

analogous

#153988 #2B1588 #641588

triadic

#2B1588 #882B15 #15882B

tetradic

#2B1588 #881539 #728815 #158864

square

#2B1588 #881539 #728815 #158864

split-complementary

#2B1588 #886415 #398815

monochromatic

#09051E #1A0D53 #2B1588 #3C1DBD #5837E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#2B1588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2B1588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1588

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1588	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.173 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7357ac',
    500: '#2b1588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1588;
$custom-light: #7357ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 73.248,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3243,
    "c": 0.17296,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1588

secondary

#A4BC3D

accent

#F038CD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1588

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

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