#2B175A#2B175A

#2B175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.113 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B175A
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.76, 27.98, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.76, 46.23, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(27.74% 0.0402 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(27.74% 0.113 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1476, 1.8644, 9.8649)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B175A #465A17

analogous

#17255A #2B175A #4C175A

triadic

#2B175A #5A2B17 #175A2B

tetradic

#2B175A #5A1725 #465A17 #175A4C

square

#2B175A #5A1725 #465A17 #175A4C

split-complementary

#2B175A #5A4C17 #255A17

monochromatic

#0C0618 #140B29 #2B175A #42238B #5A30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#2B175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2B175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B175A

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B175A	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.113 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5689',
    500: '#2b175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b175a;
$custom-light: #6a5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27742,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B175A

secondary

#78913C

accent

#E245B4

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B175A

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

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