#2B165D#2B165D

#2B165D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.118 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B165D
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.83, 29.53, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.83, 48.67, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(27.88% 0.0406 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(27.88% 0.118 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2584, 1.8776, 10.5445)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B165D #485D16

analogous

#16255D #2B165D #4E165D

triadic

#2B165D #5D2B16 #165D2B

tetradic

#2B165D #5D1625 #485D16 #165D4E

square

#2B165D #5D1625 #485D16 #165D4E

split-complementary

#2B165D #5D4E16 #255D16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140A2C #2B165D #42228E #592DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.27

#2B165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B165D

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B165D	1.00	15.27	1.38	15.27
#FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.118 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a558c',
    500: '#2b165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b165d;
$custom-light: #6a558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.746,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27882,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B165D

secondary

#7A943B

accent

#E543B5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B165D

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

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