#2A168D#2A168D

#2A168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.178 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A168D
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 44.45, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 75.59, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.04% 0.0246 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(33.04% 0.178 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0479, 2.9886, 25.4523)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A168D #798D16

analogous

#163E8D #2A168D #66168D

triadic

#2A168D #8D2A16 #168D2A

tetradic

#2A168D #8D163E #798D16 #168D66

square

#2A168D #8D163E #798D16 #168D66

split-complementary

#2A168D #8D6616 #3E8D16

monochromatic

#0A0523 #1A0E58 #2A168D #3A1EC2 #583DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#2A168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#2A168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A168D

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A168D	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.178 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458b0',
    500: '#2a168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a168d;
$custom-light: #7458b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33037,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A168D

secondary

#ABC13E

accent

#F038D1

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A168D

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

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