#2B196D#2B196D

#2B196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.136 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B196D
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, 32.95, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 56.26, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(29.94% 0.034 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(29.94% 0.136 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1034, 2.3127, 14.6952)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B196D #5B6D19

analogous

#19316D #2B196D #55196D

triadic

#2B196D #6D2B19 #196D2B

tetradic

#2B196D #6D1931 #5B6D19 #196D55

square

#2B196D #6D1931 #5B6D19 #196D55

split-complementary

#2B196D #6D5519 #316D19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #170E3B #2B196D #3F249F #5331D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#2B196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#2B196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B196D

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B196D	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#073041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.136 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5898',
    500: '#2b196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b196d;
$custom-light: #6d5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29943,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B196D

secondary

#8DA23F

accent

#E642C3

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B196D

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

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