#2A138E#2A138E

#2A138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.182 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A138E
RGB	rgb(42, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 46.04, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 77.46, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.0255 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.182 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0686, 2.9104, 25.8279)
Luminance	0.0291 (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

#2A138E #778E13

analogous

#13398E #2A138E #68138E

triadic

#2A138E #8E2A13 #138E2A

tetradic

#2A138E #8E1339 #778E13 #138E68

square

#2A138E #8E1339 #778E13 #138E68

split-complementary

#2A138E #8E6813 #398E13

monochromatic

#0A0522 #1A0C58 #2A138E #3A1AC4 #5837E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#2A138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2A138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A138E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A138E	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.182 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7457b0',
    500: '#2a138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a138e;
$custom-light: #7457b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.22,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32855,
    "c": 0.18168,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A138E

secondary

#A9C23B

accent

#F335CF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0311

muted

#7C7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A138E

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

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