#2B187C#2B187C

#2B187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.156 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B187C
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.46, 38.31, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.46, 65.36, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(31.42% 0.0305 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(31.42% 0.156 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9598, 2.6217, 19.3096)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B187C #697C18

analogous

#18377C #2B187C #5D187C

triadic

#2B187C #7C2B18 #187C2B

tetradic

#2B187C #7C1837 #697C18 #187C5D

square

#2B187C #7C1837 #697C18 #187C5D

split-complementary

#2B187C #7C5D18 #377C18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E49 #2B187C #3D22AF #5536D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#2B187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2B187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B187C

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B187C	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.156 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a3',
    500: '#2b187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b187c;
$custom-light: #7058a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31416,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B187C

secondary

#9BB13F

accent

#EA3DCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B187C

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

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