#2B165E#2B165E

#2B165E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.120 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B165E
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.93, 29.85, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.93, 49.27, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(27.98% 0.0404 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(27.98% 0.12 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.3030, 1.8954, 10.7793)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B165E #495E16

analogous

#16255E #2B165E #4F165E

triadic

#2B165E #5E2B16 #165E2B

tetradic

#2B165E #5E1625 #495E16 #165E4F

square

#2B165E #5E1625 #495E16 #165E4F

split-complementary

#2B165E #5E4F16 #255E16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140A2C #2B165E #422290 #582DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.23

#2B165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B165E

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B165E	1.00	15.23	1.38	15.23
#FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.120 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a558c',
    500: '#2b165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b165e;
$custom-light: #6a558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27981,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B165E

secondary

#7B953B

accent

#E543B6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B165E

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

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