#2A166C#2A166C

#2A166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.138 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A166C
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(254, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.25, 34.16, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.25, 57.52, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(29.32% 0.035 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(29.32% 0.138 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9477, 2.1485, 14.3911)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A166C #586C16

analogous

#162D6C #2A166C #55166C

triadic

#2A166C #6C2A16 #166C2A

tetradic

#2A166C #6C162D #586C16 #166C55

square

#2A166C #6C162D #586C16 #166C55

split-complementary

#2A166C #6C5516 #2D6C16

monochromatic

#0A0519 #160C39 #2A166C #3E209F #522BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#2A166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A166C

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A166C	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.138 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5697',
    500: '#2a166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a166c;
$custom-light: #6d5697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29322,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A166C

secondary

#8AA23C

accent

#E93FC1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A166C

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

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