#2A176A#2A176A

#2A176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.134 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A176A
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.23, 32.96, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.23, 55.78, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(29.25% 0.0348 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(29.25% 0.134 285)
XYZ	xyz(3.8620, 2.1454, 13.8435)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A176A #576A17

analogous

#172D6A #2A176A #53176A

triadic

#2A176A #6A2A17 #176A2A

tetradic

#2A176A #6A172D #576A17 #176A53

square

#2A176A #6A172D #576A17 #176A53

split-complementary

#2A176A #6A5317 #2D6A17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #160C38 #2A176A #3E229C #522DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#2A176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A176A

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A176A	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.134 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5695',
    500: '#2a176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a176a;
$custom-light: #6c5695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.735,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29247,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.02146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A176A

secondary

#89A03D

accent

#E740C1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A176A

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

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