#2A16B3#2A16B3

#2A16B3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.222 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A16B3
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(248, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 55.59, -76.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 94.59, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0127 -0.2212)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.222 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3757, 4.3197, 42.9788)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A16B3 #9FB316

analogous

#1651B3 #2A16B3 #7816B3

triadic

#2A16B3 #B32A16 #16B32A

tetradic

#2A16B3 #B31651 #9FB316 #16B378

square

#2A16B3 #B31651 #9FB316 #16B378

split-complementary

#2A16B3 #B37816 #51B316

monochromatic

#100946 #1D0F7C #2A16B3 #3B22E4 #6B59EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#2A16B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#2A16B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A16B3

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A16B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A16B3	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0033B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a16b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.222 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ccb',
    500: '#2a16b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a16b3;
$custom-light: #7d5ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a16b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.643,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37603,
    "c": 0.2216,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A16B3

secondary

#BFCE57

accent

#F533DC

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0414

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A16B3

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

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