#2B176D#2B176D

#2B176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.138 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B176D
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 34.07, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 57.45, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0356 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.138 285)
XYZ	xyz(4.0621, 2.2303, 14.6815)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B176D #596D17

analogous

#172E6D #2B176D #56176D

triadic

#2B176D #6D2B17 #176D2B

tetradic

#2B176D #6D172E #596D17 #176D56

square

#2B176D #6D172E #596D17 #176D56

split-complementary

#2B176D #6D5617 #2E6D17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3A #2B176D #3F22A0 #532CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#2B176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2B176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B176D

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B176D	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.138 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5798',
    500: '#2b176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b176d;
$custom-light: #6d5798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29663,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B176D

secondary

#8BA33D

accent

#E840C1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B176D

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

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