#2A176E#2A176E

#2A176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.139 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A176E
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 34.25, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 58.08, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.67% 0.0337 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(29.67% 0.139 284)
XYZ	xyz(4.0748, 2.2306, 14.9646)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A176E #5B6E17

analogous

#172F6E #2A176E #55176E

triadic

#2A176E #6E2A17 #176E2A

tetradic

#2A176E #6E172F #5B6E17 #176E55

square

#2A176E #6E172F #5B6E17 #176E55

split-complementary

#2A176E #6E5517 #2F6E17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3B #2A176E #3D22A1 #512CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#2A176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A176E

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A176E	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.139 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5799',
    500: '#2a176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a176e;
$custom-light: #6d5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.103,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29671,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A176E

secondary

#8DA43D

accent

#E83FC3

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A176E

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

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