#2B1978#2B1978

#2B1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.150 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1978
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.21, 36.50, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.21, 62.56, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(31.11% 0.031 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(31.11% 0.15 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7330, 2.5646, 18.0113)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1978 #667819

analogous

#193778 #2B1978 #5A1978

triadic

#2B1978 #782B19 #19782B

tetradic

#2B1978 #781937 #667819 #19785A

square

#2B1978 #781937 #667819 #19785A

split-complementary

#2B1978 #785A19 #377819

monochromatic

#090519 #190E45 #2B1978 #3D24AB #5436D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#2B1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1978

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1978	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.150 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f58a0',
    500: '#2b1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1978;
$custom-light: #6f58a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31109,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1978

secondary

#98AD40

accent

#E83FC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1978

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

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