#2B185D#2B185D

#2B185D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.116 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B185D
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 93)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.26, 28.34, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.26, 47.40, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.19% 0.0386 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(28.19% 0.116 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2981, 1.9570, 10.5578)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B185D #4A5D18

analogous

#18275D #2B185D #4D185D

triadic

#2B185D #5D2B18 #185D2B

tetradic

#2B185D #5D1827 #4A5D18 #185D4D

square

#2B185D #5D1827 #4A5D18 #185D4D

split-complementary

#2B185D #5D4D18 #275D18

monochromatic

#0B0618 #150B2C #2B185D #41258E #5831BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#2B185D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2B185D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B185D

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B185D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B185D	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b185d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.116 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568c',
    500: '#2b185d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b185d;
$custom-light: #6a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b185d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28188,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B185D

secondary

#7C933D

accent

#E246B7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B185D

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

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