#2B1979#2B1979

#2B1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.151 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1979
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.32, 36.82, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.32, 63.12, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% 0.0307 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.151 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7940, 2.5890, 18.3325)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1979 #677919

analogous

#193779 #2B1979 #5B1979

triadic

#2B1979 #792B19 #19792B

tetradic

#2B1979 #791937 #677919 #19795B

square

#2B1979 #791937 #677919 #19795B

split-complementary

#2B1979 #795B19 #377919

monochromatic

#090519 #190F46 #2B1979 #3D23AC #5537D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#2B1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2B1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1979

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1979	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.151 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a1',
    500: '#2b1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1979;
$custom-light: #7058a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31217,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1979

secondary

#99AE40

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1979

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

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