#2F159F#2F159F

#2F159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.199 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2F159F
RGB	rgb(47, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 50.56, -68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 84.87, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0266 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.199 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6964, 3.6432, 33.0918)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2F159F #859F15

analogous

#15409F #2F159F #74159F

triadic

#2F159F #9F2F15 #159F2F

tetradic

#2F159F #9F1540 #859F15 #159F74

square

#2F159F #9F1540 #859F15 #159F74

split-complementary

#2F159F #9F7415 #409F15

monochromatic

#0F0733 #1F0E69 #2F159F #3F1CD5 #6648E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#2F159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#2F159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2F159F

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2F159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2F159F	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2f159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(47, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.199 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5abd',
    500: '#2f159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2f159f;
$custom-light: #7a5abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2f159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 47,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.304,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35457,
    "c": 0.19865,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2F159F

secondary

#B0C848

accent

#F335CF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2F159F

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

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