#2A117E#2A117E

#2A117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.164 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A117E
RGB	rgb(42, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(254, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(254, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 42.14, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 69.99, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.77% 0.032 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(30.77% 0.164 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9200, 2.3991, 19.9384)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A117E #657E11

analogous

#112F7E #2A117E #60117E

triadic

#2A117E #7E2A11 #117E2A

tetradic

#2A117E #7E112F #657E11 #117E60

square

#2A117E #7E112F #657E11 #117E60

split-complementary

#2A117E #7E6011 #2F7E11

monochromatic

#09041B #180A48 #2A117E #3C18B4 #5227E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#2A117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2A117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A117E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A117E	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.164 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7155a5',
    500: '#2a117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a117e;
$custom-light: #7155a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.761,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30766,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A117E

secondary

#97B437

accent

#F335C7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A117E

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

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