#2D16B4#2D16B4

#2D16B4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.222 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D16B4
RGB	rgb(45, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(249, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(249, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 56.03, -76.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 94.88, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0165 -0.2213)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.222 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6046, 4.4260, 43.5193)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D16B4 #9DB416

analogous

#164EB4 #2D16B4 #7C16B4

triadic

#2D16B4 #B42D16 #16B42D

tetradic

#2D16B4 #B4164E #9DB416 #16B47C

square

#2D16B4 #B4164E #9DB416 #16B47C

split-complementary

#2D16B4 #B47C16 #4EB416

monochromatic

#120947 #1F0F7D #2D16B4 #3F23E4 #6F5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#2D16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#2D16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D16B4

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D16B4	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0034B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.222 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5ccc',
    500: '#2d16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d16b4;
$custom-light: #7e5ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.734,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37918,
    "c": 0.22191,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D16B4

secondary

#BDCE58

accent

#F533D9

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0414

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D16B4

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

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