#2B1872#2B1872

#2B1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.143 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1872
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.37, 35.12, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.37, 59.74, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.33% 0.0334 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(30.33% 0.143 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3592, 2.3815, 16.1463)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1872 #5F7218

analogous

#183272 #2B1872 #581872

triadic

#2B1872 #722B18 #18722B

tetradic

#2B1872 #721832 #5F7218 #187258

square

#2B1872 #721832 #5F7218 #187258

split-complementary

#2B1872 #725818 #327218

monochromatic

#0A0519 #180D3F #2B1872 #3E23A5 #5331D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#2B1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2B1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1872

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1872	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.143 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e579c',
    500: '#2b1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1872;
$custom-light: #6e579c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3033,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1872

secondary

#91A73E

accent

#E840C5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1872

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

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