#2B185A#2B185A

#2B185A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.112 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B185A
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.98, 27.37, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.98, 45.57, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(27.9% 0.0391 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(27.9% 0.112 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1678, 1.9049, 9.8717)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B185A #475A18

analogous

#18265A #2B185A #4C185A

triadic

#2B185A #5A2B18 #185A2B

tetradic

#2B185A #5A1826 #475A18 #185A4C

square

#2B185A #5A1826 #475A18 #185A4C

split-complementary

#2B185A #5A4C18 #265A18

monochromatic

#0C0618 #140B2A #2B185A #42258A #5932BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.21

#2B185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B185A

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B185A	1.00	15.21	1.38	15.21
#FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.112 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5689',
    500: '#2b185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b185a;
$custom-light: #6a5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.279,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B185A

secondary

#79913D

accent

#E147B5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B185A

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

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