#2A175F#2A175F

#2A175F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.120 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A175F
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.12, 29.40, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.12, 49.28, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(28.12% 0.0375 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(28.12% 0.12 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3262, 1.9311, 11.0217)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A175F #4C5F17

analogous

#17285F #2A175F #4E175F

triadic

#2A175F #5F2A17 #175F2A

tetradic

#2A175F #5F1728 #4C5F17 #175F4E

square

#2A175F #5F1728 #4C5F17 #175F4E

split-complementary

#2A175F #5F4E17 #285F17

monochromatic

#0B0619 #140B2E #2A175F #402390 #562FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#2A175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2A175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A175F

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A175F	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.120 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a568d',
    500: '#2a175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a175f;
$custom-light: #6a568d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28121,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A175F

secondary

#7E963C

accent

#E444BA

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A175F

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

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