#2A137E#2A137E

#2A137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.163 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A137E
RGB	rgb(42, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(253, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 41.26, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 69.07, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.97% 0.0311 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(30.97% 0.163 281)
XYZ	xyz(4.9524, 2.4640, 19.9492)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A137E #677E13

analogous

#13317E #2A137E #5F137E

triadic

#2A137E #7E2A13 #137E2A

tetradic

#2A137E #7E1331 #677E13 #137E5F

square

#2A137E #7E1331 #677E13 #137E5F

split-complementary

#2A137E #7E5F13 #317E13

monochromatic

#09041B #180B49 #2A137E #3C1BB3 #532CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#2A137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#2A137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A137E

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A137E	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.163 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7156a5',
    500: '#2a137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a137e;
$custom-light: #7156a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.897,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30971,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.02464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A137E

secondary

#99B439

accent

#F037C9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A137E

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

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