#2B168A#2B168A

#2B168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.175 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B168A
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 43.63, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 73.94, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% 0.0272 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.175 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8691, 2.9219, 24.2945)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B168A #758A16

analogous

#163B8A #2B168A #65168A

triadic

#2B168A #8A2B16 #168A2B

tetradic

#2B168A #8A163B #758A16 #168A65

square

#2B168A #8A163B #758A16 #168A65

split-complementary

#2B168A #8A6516 #3B8A16

monochromatic

#0A0520 #1B0E55 #2B168A #3B1EBF #593BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#2B168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2B168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B168A

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B168A	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.175 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458ad',
    500: '#2b168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b168a;
$custom-light: #7458ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.862,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32769,
    "c": 0.17454,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B168A

secondary

#A7BE3E

accent

#EF39CE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B168A

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

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