#2A175D#2A175D

#2A175D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.117 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175D
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.93, 28.75, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.93, 48.08, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(27.92% 0.038 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(27.92% 0.117 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2365, 1.8952, 10.5491)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175D #4A5D17

analogous

#17275D #2A175D #4D175D

triadic

#2A175D #5D2A17 #175D2A

tetradic

#2A175D #5D1727 #4A5D17 #175D4D

square

#2A175D #5D1727 #4A5D17 #175D4D

split-complementary

#2A175D #5D4D17 #275D17

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140B2C #2A175D #40238E #562FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.23

#2A175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175D

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175D	1.00	15.23	1.38	15.23
#FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.117 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568c',
    500: '#2a175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175d;
$custom-light: #6a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27923,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175D

secondary

#7C943C

accent

#E344B8

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175D

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

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