#2B16A1#2B16A1

#2B16A1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.201 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B16A1
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(249, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 50.47, -69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 85.73, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0197 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.201 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7141, 3.6599, 34.0112)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B16A1 #8CA116

analogous

#1646A1 #2B16A1 #7016A1

triadic

#2B16A1 #A12B16 #16A12B

tetradic

#2B16A1 #A11646 #8CA116 #16A170

square

#2B16A1 #A11646 #8CA116 #16A170

split-complementary

#2B16A1 #A17016 #46A116

monochromatic

#0E0735 #1D0F6B #2B16A1 #391DD7 #624BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#2B16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#2B16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B16A1

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B16A1	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.201 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795abe',
    500: '#2b16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b16a1;
$custom-light: #795abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.065,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35486,
    "c": 0.20122,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B16A1

secondary

#B5C84B

accent

#F335D6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B16A1

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

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