#2B197A#2B197A

#2B197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.152 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B197A
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.42, 37.14, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.42, 63.69, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0305 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.152 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8556, 2.6136, 18.6572)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B197A #687A19

analogous

#19387A #2B197A #5C197A

triadic

#2B197A #7A2B19 #197A2B

tetradic

#2B197A #7A1938 #687A19 #197A5C

square

#2B197A #7A1938 #687A19 #197A5C

split-complementary

#2B197A #7A5C19 #387A19

monochromatic

#090519 #190F47 #2B197A #3D23AD #5537D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#2B197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2B197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B197A

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B197A	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.152 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7059a1',
    500: '#2b197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b197a;
$custom-light: #7059a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31326,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B197A

secondary

#9AAF40

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B197A

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

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