#2B196B#2B196B

#2B196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.133 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B196B
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.85, 32.30, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.85, 55.10, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0345 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.133 285)
XYZ	xyz(3.9969, 2.2702, 14.1346)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B196B #596B19

analogous

#19306B #2B196B #54196B

triadic

#2B196B #6B2B19 #196B2B

tetradic

#2B196B #6B1930 #596B19 #196B54

square

#2B196B #6B1930 #596B19 #196B54

split-complementary

#2B196B #6B5419 #306B19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #170D39 #2B196B #3F259D #5330CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#2B196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2B196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B196B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B196B	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B2F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.133 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5896',
    500: '#2b196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b196b;
$custom-light: #6d5896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29737,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.0227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B196B

secondary

#8BA13F

accent

#E543C2

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B196B

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

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