#2A174F#2A174F

#2A174F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.098 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A174F
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 79)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.65, 24.24, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.65, 39.47, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(26.61% 0.0404 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(26.61% 0.098 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6721, 1.6695, 7.5771)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A174F #3C4F17

analogous

#17204F #2A174F #46174F

triadic

#2A174F #4F2A17 #174F2A

tetradic

#2A174F #4F1720 #3C4F17 #174F46

square

#2A174F #4F1720 #3C4F17 #174F46

split-complementary

#2A174F #4F4617 #204F17

monochromatic

#0D0718 #110920 #2A174F #43257E #5C33AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.74

#2A174F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#2A174F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A174F

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A174F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A174F	1.00	15.74	1.33	15.74
#FFFFFF	15.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00224E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a174f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.098 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675581',
    500: '#2a174f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a174f;
$custom-light: #675581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a174f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26606,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A174F

secondary

#6D863C

accent

#DE4AAC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A174F

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

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