#2B168D#2B168D

#2B168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.178 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B168D
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.08, 44.53, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.08, 75.52, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0262 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.178 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0893, 3.0100, 25.4542)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B168D #788D16

analogous

#163D8D #2B168D #67168D

triadic

#2B168D #8D2B16 #168D2B

tetradic

#2B168D #8D163D #788D16 #168D67

square

#2B168D #8D163D #788D16 #168D67

split-complementary

#2B168D #8D6716 #3D8D16

monochromatic

#0B0523 #1B0E58 #2B168D #3B1EC2 #5A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#2B168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#2B168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B168D

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B168D	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.178 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458b0',
    500: '#2b168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b168d;
$custom-light: #7458b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33117,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B168D

secondary

#AAC13E

accent

#F038CF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B168D

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

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