#2B197D#2B197D

#2B197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.156 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B197D
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 38.10, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 65.36, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0296 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.156 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0444, 2.6891, 19.6513)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B197D #6B7D19

analogous

#19397D #2B197D #5D197D

triadic

#2B197D #7D2B19 #197D2B

tetradic

#2B197D #7D1939 #6B7D19 #197D5D

square

#2B197D #7D1939 #6B7D19 #197D5D

split-complementary

#2B197D #7D5D19 #397D19

monochromatic

#09051A #190F4A #2B197D #3D23B0 #5639D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#2B197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#2B197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B197D

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B197D	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.156 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7059a4',
    500: '#2b197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b197d;
$custom-light: #7059a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31654,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B197D

secondary

#9DB140

accent

#EA3ECB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B197D

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

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