#2B165B#2B165B

#2B165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.116 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B165B
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.64, 28.90, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.64, 47.47, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(27.69% 0.0411 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(27.69% 0.116 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1710, 1.8426, 10.0841)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B165B #465B16

analogous

#16245B #2B165B #4E165B

triadic

#2B165B #5B2B16 #165B2B

tetradic

#2B165B #5B1624 #465B16 #165B4E

square

#2B165B #5B1624 #465B16 #165B4E

split-complementary

#2B165B #5B4E16 #245B16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #140A2A #2B165B #42228C #5A2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.34

#2B165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2B165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B165B

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B165B	1.00	15.34	1.37	15.34
#FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.116 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a558a',
    500: '#2b165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b165b;
$custom-light: #6a558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27686,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B165B

secondary

#78923B

accent

#E444B3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B165B

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

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