#2B168E#2B168E

#2B168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.179 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B168E
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.20, 44.84, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.20, 76.04, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0258 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.179 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1641, 3.0399, 25.8479)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B168E #798E16

analogous

#163D8E #2B168E #67168E

triadic

#2B168E #8E2B16 #168E2B

tetradic

#2B168E #8E163D #798E16 #168E67

square

#2B168E #8E163D #798E16 #168E67

split-complementary

#2B168E #8E6716 #3D8E16

monochromatic

#0B0624 #1B0E59 #2B168E #3B1EC3 #5A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#2B168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2B168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B168E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B168E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.179 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7558b0',
    500: '#2b168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b168e;
$custom-light: #7558b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33234,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B168E

secondary

#AAC13F

accent

#F038D0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B168E

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

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