#2A175A#2A175A

#2A175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.113 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175A
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.64, 27.78, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.64, 46.26, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(27.63% 0.0386 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(27.63% 0.113 290)
XYZ	xyz(3.1062, 1.8431, 9.8630)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175A #475A17

analogous

#17265A #2A175A #4C175A

triadic

#2A175A #5A2A17 #175A2A

tetradic

#2A175A #5A1726 #475A17 #175A4C

square

#2A175A #5A1726 #475A17 #175A4C

split-complementary

#2A175A #5A4C17 #265A17

monochromatic

#0B0618 #130B29 #2A175A #41238B #5730BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.34

#2A175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175A

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175A	1.00	15.34	1.37	15.34
#FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.113 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695689',
    500: '#2a175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175a;
$custom-light: #695689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.015,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2763,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.01843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175A

secondary

#79913C

accent

#E245B6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175A

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

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