#2B165A#2B165A

#2B165A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.114 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B165A
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.54, 28.58, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.54, 46.87, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% 0.0413 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.114 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1281, 1.8255, 9.8584)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B165A #455A16

analogous

#16235A #2B165A #4D165A

triadic

#2B165A #5A2B16 #165A2B

tetradic

#2B165A #5A1623 #455A16 #165A4D

square

#2B165A #5A1623 #455A16 #165A4D

split-complementary

#2B165A #5A4D16 #235A16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #140A29 #2B165A #42228B #5A2EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.38

#2B165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2B165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B165A

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B165A	1.00	15.38	1.37	15.38
#FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.114 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5589',
    500: '#2b165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b165a;
$custom-light: #6a5589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27588,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B165A

secondary

#76913B

accent

#E444B2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B165A

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

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