#2A175B#2A175B

#2A175B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.114 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175B
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.74, 28.11, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.74, 46.87, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(27.73% 0.0384 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(27.73% 0.114 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1490, 1.8602, 10.0886)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175B #485B17

analogous

#17265B #2A175B #4C175B

triadic

#2A175B #5B2A17 #175B2A

tetradic

#2A175B #5B1726 #485B17 #175B4C

square

#2A175B #5B1726 #485B17 #175B4C

split-complementary

#2A175B #5B4C17 #265B17

monochromatic

#0B0618 #130B2A #2A175B #41238C #5730BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.31

#2A175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175B

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175B	1.00	15.31	1.37	15.31
#FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.114 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69568a',
    500: '#2a175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175b;
$custom-light: #69568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.765,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27727,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175B

secondary

#7A923C

accent

#E345B7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175B

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

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