#2B173D#2B173D

#2B173D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.072 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B173D
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 61)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.37, 19.00, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.37, 28.06, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(25.26% 0.0425 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(25.26% 0.072 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.1448, 1.4633, 4.5834)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B173D #293D17

analogous

#18173D #2B173D #3D173C

triadic

#2B173D #3D2B17 #173D2B

tetradic

#2B173D #3D1817 #293D17 #173C3D

square

#2B173D #3D1817 #293D17 #173C3D

split-complementary

#2B173D #3C3D17 #173D18

monochromatic

#100816 #100816 #2B173D #4A2869 #6A3996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.25

#2B173D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#2B173D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B173D

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B173D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B173D	1.00	16.25	1.29	16.25
#FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A203E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11203C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b173d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.072 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665573',
    500: '#2b173d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b173d;
$custom-light: #665573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b173d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25257,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B173D

secondary

#56743C

accent

#D55390

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE8EC

border

#C6C4C7

text

#060308

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B173D

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

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