#2A176D#2A176D

#2A176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.138 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A176D
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.55, 33.93, -46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.55, 57.51, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(29.56% 0.034 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(29.56% 0.138 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0207, 2.2089, 14.6795)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A176D #5A6D17

analogous

#172F6D #2A176D #55176D

triadic

#2A176D #6D2A17 #176D2A

tetradic

#2A176D #6D172F #5A6D17 #176D55

square

#2A176D #6D172F #5A6D17 #176D55

split-complementary

#2A176D #6D5517 #2F6D17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3A #2A176D #3D22A0 #512CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#2A176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A176D

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A176D	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.138 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5798',
    500: '#2a176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a176d;
$custom-light: #6d5798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.256,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29564,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A176D

secondary

#8CA33D

accent

#E840C3

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A176D

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

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