#2B185B#2B185B

#2B185B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.113 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B185B
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.07, 27.70, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.07, 46.18, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28% 0.0389 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(28% 0.113 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2107, 1.9221, 10.0973)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B185B #485B18

analogous

#18265B #2B185B #4D185B

triadic

#2B185B #5B2B18 #185B2B

tetradic

#2B185B #5B1826 #485B18 #185B4D

square

#2B185B #5B1826 #485B18 #185B4D

split-complementary

#2B185B #5B4D18 #265B18

monochromatic

#0B0618 #140B2B #2B185B #42258B #5932BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.17

#2B185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B185B

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B185B	1.00	15.17	1.38	15.17
#FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.113 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568a',
    500: '#2b185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b185b;
$custom-light: #6a568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.015,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27996,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B185B

secondary

#7A923D

accent

#E146B5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B185B

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

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