#2A138A#2A138A

#2A138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.177 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A138A
RGB	rgb(42, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.19, 44.86, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.19, 75.39, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0269 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.177 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7737, 2.7925, 24.2746)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A138A #738A13

analogous

#13378A #2A138A #65138A

triadic

#2A138A #8A2A13 #138A2A

tetradic

#2A138A #8A1337 #738A13 #138A65

square

#2A138A #8A1337 #738A13 #138A65

split-complementary

#2A138A #8A6513 #378A13

monochromatic

#09041E #1A0C54 #2A138A #3A1AC0 #5634E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#2A138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#2A138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A138A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A138A	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.177 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7357ad',
    500: '#2a138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a138a;
$custom-light: #7357ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32378,
    "c": 0.17703,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A138A

secondary

#A5BE3A

accent

#F235CE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A138A

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

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