#2A174D#2A174D

#2A174D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.095 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A174D
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.48, 23.61, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.48, 38.22, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(26.43% 0.0406 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(26.43% 0.095 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.6004, 1.6408, 7.1994)
Luminance	0.0164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A174D #3A4D17

analogous

#171F4D #2A174D #45174D

triadic

#2A174D #4D2A17 #174D2A

tetradic

#2A174D #4D171F #3A4D17 #174D45

square

#2A174D #4D171F #3A4D17 #174D45

split-complementary

#2A174D #4D4517 #1F4D17

monochromatic

#0D0718 #10091E #2A174D #44257C #5D33AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.81

#2A174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#2A174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A174D

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A174D	1.00	15.81	1.33	15.81
#FFFFFF	15.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00224C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21232F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.095 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67557f',
    500: '#2a174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a174d;
$custom-light: #67557f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26428,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A174D

secondary

#6B843C

accent

#DD4AAA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE8EE

border

#C6C4C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A174D

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

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