#2B218B#2B218B

#2B218B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.166 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B218B
RGB	rgb(43, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(246, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(246, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 38.26, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 68.55, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.021 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.166 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1988, 3.4648, 24.7632)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B218B #818B21

analogous

#214C8B #2B218B #60218B

triadic

#2B218B #8B2B21 #218B2B

tetradic

#2B218B #8B214C #818B21 #218B60

square

#2B218B #8B214C #818B21 #218B60

split-complementary

#2B218B #8B6021 #4C8B21

monochromatic

#0C0A28 #1C155A #2B218B #3A2DBC #5D51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#2B218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#2B218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B218B

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B218B	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.166 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735eae',
    500: '#2b218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b218b;
$custom-light: #735eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.66,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34261,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B218B

secondary

#AFB94F

accent

#E543D5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B218B

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

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