#2B197C#2B197C

#2B197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.155 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B197C
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.64, 37.78, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.64, 64.80, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0299 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.155 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9808, 2.6637, 19.3165)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B197C #6A7C19

analogous

#19397C #2B197C #5D197C

triadic

#2B197C #7C2B19 #197C2B

tetradic

#2B197C #7C1939 #6A7C19 #197C5D

square

#2B197C #7C1939 #6A7C19 #197C5D

split-complementary

#2B197C #7C5D19 #397C19

monochromatic

#090519 #190F49 #2B197C #3D23AF #5538D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#2B197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2B197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B197C

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B197C	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.155 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7059a3',
    500: '#2b197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b197c;
$custom-light: #7059a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31544,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B197C

secondary

#9CB040

accent

#E93ECA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B197C

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

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