#2B1879#2B1879

#2B1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.152 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1879
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.13, 37.36, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.13, 63.69, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0314 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.152 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7730, 2.5470, 18.3256)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1879 #667918

analogous

#183579 #2B1879 #5B1879

triadic

#2B1879 #792B18 #18792B

tetradic

#2B1879 #791835 #667918 #18795B

square

#2B1879 #791835 #667918 #18795B

split-complementary

#2B1879 #795B18 #357918

monochromatic

#09051A #190E46 #2B1879 #3D22AC #5435D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#2B1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1879

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1879	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.152 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a1',
    500: '#2b1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1879;
$custom-light: #7058a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.753,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31087,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1879

secondary

#98AE3F

accent

#EA3EC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1879

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

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