#2A168C#2A168C

#2A168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.177 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A168C
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.88, 44.15, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.88, 75.06, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.025 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.177 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9739, 2.9590, 25.0622)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A168C #788C16

analogous

#163D8C #2A168C #65168C

triadic

#2A168C #8C2A16 #168C2A

tetradic

#2A168C #8C163D #788C16 #168C65

square

#2A168C #8C163D #788C16 #168C65

split-complementary

#2A168C #8C6516 #3D8C16

monochromatic

#0A0522 #1A0E57 #2A168C #3A1EC1 #583CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#2A168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#2A168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A168C

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A168C	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.177 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458af',
    500: '#2a168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a168c;
$custom-light: #7458af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3292,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A168C

secondary

#AAC03E

accent

#F038D0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A168C

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

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