#2A165E#2A165E

#2A165E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.120 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A165E
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.81, 29.67, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.81, 49.31, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(27.87% 0.0387 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(27.87% 0.12 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2615, 1.8741, 10.7774)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A165E #4A5E16

analogous

#16265E #2A165E #4E165E

triadic

#2A165E #5E2A16 #165E2A

tetradic

#2A165E #5E1626 #4A5E16 #165E4E

square

#2A165E #5E1626 #4A5E16 #165E4E

split-complementary

#2A165E #5E4E16 #265E16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140A2C #2A165E #402290 #562DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.27

#2A165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A165E

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A165E	1.00	15.27	1.37	15.27
#FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.120 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a558c',
    500: '#2a165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a165e;
$custom-light: #6a558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27871,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A165E

secondary

#7C953B

accent

#E543B8

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A165E

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

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