#2B1589#2B1589

#2B1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.174 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1589
RGB	rgb(43, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 43.78, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 73.89, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.0279 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.174 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7783, 2.8556, 23.9087)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1589 #738915

analogous

#153989 #2B1589 #651589

triadic

#2B1589 #892B15 #15892B

tetradic

#2B1589 #891539 #738915 #158965

square

#2B1589 #891539 #738915 #158965

split-complementary

#2B1589 #896515 #398915

monochromatic

#0A051F #1A0D54 #2B1589 #3C1DBE #5838E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#2B1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2B1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1589

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1589	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.174 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7357ad',
    500: '#2b1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1589;
$custom-light: #7357ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32547,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1589

secondary

#A5BD3D

accent

#F038CD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1589

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

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