#2A175E#2A175E

#2A175E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.118 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175E
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.02, 29.08, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.02, 48.68, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.02% 0.0378 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(28.02% 0.118 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2810, 1.9130, 10.7839)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175E #4B5E17

analogous

#17285E #2A175E #4D175E

triadic

#2A175E #5E2A17 #175E2A

tetradic

#2A175E #5E1728 #4B5E17 #175E4D

square

#2A175E #5E1728 #4B5E17 #175E4D

split-complementary

#2A175E #5E4D17 #285E17

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140B2D #2A175E #40238F #562FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.19

#2A175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175E

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175E	1.00	15.19	1.38	15.19
#FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.118 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568c',
    500: '#2a175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175e;
$custom-light: #6a568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.056,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28022,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175E

secondary

#7D953C

accent

#E444B9

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175E

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

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