#2A137B#2A137B

#2A137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.159 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A137B
RGB	rgb(42, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.40, 40.34, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.40, 67.46, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(30.63% 0.0321 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(30.63% 0.159 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7617, 2.3877, 18.9450)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A137B #647B13

analogous

#13307B #2A137B #5E137B

triadic

#2A137B #7B2A13 #137B2A

tetradic

#2A137B #7B1330 #647B13 #137B5E

square

#2A137B #7B1330 #647B13 #137B5E

split-complementary

#2A137B #7B5E13 #307B13

monochromatic

#09041B #180B46 #2A137B #3C1BB0 #522ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#2A137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2A137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A137B

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A137B	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.159 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7055a2',
    500: '#2a137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a137b;
$custom-light: #7055a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30625,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A137B

secondary

#96B139

accent

#F038C7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A137B

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

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