#2B16C9#2B16C9

#2B16C9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.245 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B16C9
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(247, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(247, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 61.74, -84.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 104.86, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0077 -0.245)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.245 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8223, 5.3031, 55.6475)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B16C9 #B4C916

analogous

#165AC9 #2B16C9 #8416C9

triadic

#2B16C9 #C92B16 #16C92B

tetradic

#2B16C9 #C9165A #B4C916 #16C984

square

#2B16C9 #C9165A #B4C916 #16C984

split-complementary

#2B16C9 #C98416 #5AC916

monochromatic

#130A5B #1F1092 #2B16C9 #4933E9 #7A6BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#2B16C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#2B16C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B16C9

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B16C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B16C9	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b16c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.245 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825edb',
    500: '#2b16c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b16c9;
$custom-light: #825edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b16c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.039,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40369,
    "c": 0.24513,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B16C9

secondary

#C7D467

accent

#F731E0

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1EAFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B16C9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →