#2A16C9#2A16C9

#2A16C9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.245 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A16C9
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(247, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(247, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 61.70, -84.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 104.92, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0065 -0.2453)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.245 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7808, 5.2818, 55.6456)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A16C9 #B5C916

analogous

#165BC9 #2A16C9 #8316C9

triadic

#2A16C9 #C92A16 #16C92A

tetradic

#2A16C9 #C9165B #B5C916 #16C983

square

#2A16C9 #C9165B #B5C916 #16C983

split-complementary

#2A16C9 #C98316 #5BC916

monochromatic

#130A5B #1E1092 #2A16C9 #4833E9 #796BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#2A16C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#2A16C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A16C9

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A16C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A16C9	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a16c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.245 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825edb',
    500: '#2a16c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a16c9;
$custom-light: #825edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a16c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.704,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40313,
    "c": 0.2454,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A16C9

secondary

#C8D467

accent

#F731E1

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1EAFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A16C9

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

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