#2A176C#2A176C

#2A176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.137 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A176C
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 33.60, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 56.93, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% 0.0343 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.137 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9672, 2.1875, 14.3976)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A176C #596C17

analogous

#172E6C #2A176C #54176C

triadic

#2A176C #6C2A17 #176C2A

tetradic

#2A176C #6C172E #596C17 #176C54

square

#2A176C #6C172E #596C17 #176C54

split-complementary

#2A176C #6C5417 #2E6C17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #160C3A #2A176C #3E229E #512CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#2A176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A176C

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A176C	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.137 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5697',
    500: '#2a176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a176c;
$custom-light: #6d5697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.412,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29458,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A176C

secondary

#8BA23D

accent

#E840C2

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A176C

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

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