#2B168C#2B168C

#2B168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.177 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B168C
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 44.23, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 75.00, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(33% 0.0265 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(33% 0.177 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0153, 2.9803, 25.0641)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B168C #778C16

analogous

#163C8C #2B168C #66168C

triadic

#2B168C #8C2B16 #168C2B

tetradic

#2B168C #8C163C #778C16 #168C66

square

#2B168C #8C163C #778C16 #168C66

split-complementary

#2B168C #8C6616 #3C8C16

monochromatic

#0B0522 #1B0E57 #2B168C #3B1EC1 #593CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#2B168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#2B168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B168C

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B168C	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.177 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458af',
    500: '#2b168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b168c;
$custom-light: #7458af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33001,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B168C

secondary

#A9C03E

accent

#F038CF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B168C

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

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