#2A175C#2A175C

#2A175C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.116 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175C
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.83, 28.43, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.83, 47.48, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(27.83% 0.0382 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(27.83% 0.116 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1924, 1.8776, 10.3173)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175C #495C17

analogous

#17265C #2A175C #4D175C

triadic

#2A175C #5C2A17 #175C2A

tetradic

#2A175C #5C1726 #495C17 #175C4D

square

#2A175C #5C1726 #495C17 #175C4D

split-complementary

#2A175C #5C4D17 #265C17

monochromatic

#0B0618 #140B2B #2A175C #40238D #572FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.27

#2A175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175C

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175C	1.00	15.27	1.38	15.27
#FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.116 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69568b',
    500: '#2a175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175c;
$custom-light: #69568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27825,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175C

secondary

#7B933C

accent

#E345B8

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175C

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

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