#2A174C#2A174C

#2A174C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.093 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A174C
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 76)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.39, 23.29, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.39, 37.59, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.34% 0.0407 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(26.34% 0.093 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.5654, 1.6268, 7.0149)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A174C #394C17

analogous

#171F4C #2A174C #45174C

triadic

#2A174C #4C2A17 #174C2A

tetradic

#2A174C #4C171F #394C17 #174C45

square

#2A174C #4C171F #394C17 #174C45

split-complementary

#2A174C #4C4517 #1F4C17

monochromatic

#0D0717 #10091D #2A174C #44257B #5E33AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#2A174C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#2A174C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A174C

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A174C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A174C	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00224B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21232F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a174c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.093 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67557e',
    500: '#2a174c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a174c;
$custom-light: #67557e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a174c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26341,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A174C

secondary

#6A833C

accent

#DD4BA9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE8EE

border

#C6C4C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A174C

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

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