#2B259B#2B259B

#2B259B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.182 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B259B
RGB	rgb(43, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(243, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 41.31, -62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 75.02, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0153 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.182 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5723, 4.2026, 31.4161)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B259B #959B25

analogous

#255A9B #2B259B #66259B

triadic

#2B259B #9B2B25 #259B2B

tetradic

#2B259B #9B255A #959B25 #259B66

square

#2B259B #9B255A #959B25 #259B66

split-complementary

#2B259B #9B6625 #5A9B25

monochromatic

#100D38 #1D196A #2B259B #3931CC #6761D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#2B259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#2B259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B259B

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B259B	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.182 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7662ba',
    500: '#2b259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b259b;
$custom-light: #7662ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.051,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36548,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B259B

secondary

#BABF5D

accent

#E543DC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B259B

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

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