#2B1756#2B1756

#2B1756 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.107 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1756
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 86)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 26.70, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 43.78, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(27.36% 0.041 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(27.36% 0.107 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9819, 1.7982, 8.9923)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1756 #425617

analogous

#172356 #2B1756 #4B1756

triadic

#2B1756 #562B17 #17562B

tetradic

#2B1756 #561723 #425617 #17564B

square

#2B1756 #561723 #425617 #17564B

split-complementary

#2B1756 #564B17 #235617

monochromatic

#0C0618 #130A26 #2B1756 #432486 #5B31B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#2B1756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#2B1756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1756

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1756	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E2634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.107 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695586',
    500: '#2b1756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1756;
$custom-light: #695586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27363,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1756

secondary

#738D3C

accent

#E147B0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1756

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

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