#2B197E#2B197E

#2B197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.157 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B197E
RGB	rgb(43, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.86, 38.42, -53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.86, 65.92, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.0293 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.157 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1086, 2.7148, 19.9894)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B197E #6C7E19

analogous

#193A7E #2B197E #5E197E

triadic

#2B197E #7E2B19 #197E2B

tetradic

#2B197E #7E193A #6C7E19 #197E5E

square

#2B197E #7E193A #6C7E19 #197E5E

split-complementary

#2B197E #7E5E19 #3A7E19

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0F4B #2B197E #3C23B1 #563AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#2B197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#2B197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B197E

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B197E	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.157 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7159a4',
    500: '#2b197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b197e;
$custom-light: #7159a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.693,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31764,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B197E

secondary

#9EB241

accent

#EA3ECB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B197E

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

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