#2B187E#2B187E

#2B187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.158 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B187E
RGB	rgb(43, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, 38.94, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 66.46, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% 0.0299 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.158 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0876, 2.6728, 19.9824)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B187E #6B7E18

analogous

#18387E #2B187E #5E187E

triadic

#2B187E #7E2B18 #187E2B

tetradic

#2B187E #7E1838 #6B7E18 #187E5E

square

#2B187E #7E1838 #6B7E18 #187E5E

split-complementary

#2B187E #7E5E18 #387E18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4B #2B187E #3D22B1 #5637D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#2B187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2B187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B187E

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B187E	1.00	13.68	1.53	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.158 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a4',
    500: '#2b187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b187e;
$custom-light: #7158a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31638,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B187E

secondary

#9DB23F

accent

#EB3DCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B187E

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

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