#2B175E#2B175E

#2B175E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.118 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B175E
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.14, 29.26, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.14, 48.64, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(28.13% 0.0394 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(28.13% 0.118 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.3225, 1.9344, 10.7858)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B175E #4A5E17

analogous

#17275E #2B175E #4E175E

triadic

#2B175E #5E2B17 #175E2B

tetradic

#2B175E #5E1727 #4A5E17 #175E4E

square

#2B175E #5E1727 #4A5E17 #175E4E

split-complementary

#2B175E #5E4E17 #275E17

monochromatic

#0B0619 #150B2D #2B175E #41238F #582FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#2B175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2B175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B175E

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B175E	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.118 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568c',
    500: '#2b175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b175e;
$custom-light: #6a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28131,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B175E

secondary

#7C953C

accent

#E444B7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B175E

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

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