#2A1174#2A1174

#2A1174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.153 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1174
RGB	rgb(42, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, 39.14, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 64.63, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0357 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.153 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3067, 2.1538, 16.7084)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1174 #5B7411

analogous

#112974 #2A1174 #5B1174

triadic

#2A1174 #742A11 #11742A

tetradic

#2A1174 #741129 #5B7411 #11745B

square

#2A1174 #741129 #5B7411 #11745B

split-complementary

#2A1174 #745B11 #297411

monochromatic

#0A041B #17093F #2A1174 #3D19A9 #5121DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#2A1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1174

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1174	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.153 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f549d',
    500: '#2a1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1174;
$custom-light: #6f549d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29606,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1174

secondary

#8DAB36

accent

#F137C2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE8F2

border

#C8C4CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1174

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

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