#2A118E#2A118E

#2A118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.183 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A118E
RGB	rgb(42, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 46.84, -62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 78.28, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.67% 0.0262 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(32.67% 0.183 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0362, 2.8456, 25.8171)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A118E #758E11

analogous

#11368E #2A118E #68118E

triadic

#2A118E #8E2A11 #118E2A

tetradic

#2A118E #8E1136 #758E11 #118E68

square

#2A118E #8E1136 #758E11 #118E68

split-complementary

#2A118E #8E6811 #368E11

monochromatic

#0A0421 #1A0A57 #2A118E #3A18C5 #5733E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#2A118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2A118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A118E

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A118E	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.183 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7556b0',
    500: '#2a118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a118e;
$custom-light: #7556b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32672,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A118E

secondary

#A7C238

accent

#F533CE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0311

muted

#7C7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A118E

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

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