#2A174B#2A174B

#2A174B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.092 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A174B
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.31, 22.98, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.31, 36.96, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(26.25% 0.0408 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(26.25% 0.092 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.5309, 1.6130, 6.8332)
Luminance	0.0161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A174B #384B17

analogous

#171E4B #2A174B #44174B

triadic

#2A174B #4B2A17 #174B2A

tetradic

#2A174B #4B171E #384B17 #174B44

square

#2A174B #4B171E #384B17 #174B44

split-complementary

#2A174B #4B4417 #1E4B17

monochromatic

#0D0717 #10091C #2A174B #44257A #5E34A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.88

#2A174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#2A174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A174B

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A174B	1.00	15.88	1.32	15.88
#FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00214A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22232E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.092 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67557e',
    500: '#2a174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a174b;
$custom-light: #67557e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26254,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A174B

secondary

#68823C

accent

#DC4BA7

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE8EE

border

#C6C4C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A174B

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

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