#2A176F#2A176F

#2A176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.141 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A176F
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, 34.57, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 58.66, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% 0.0334 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.141 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1296, 2.2525, 15.2530)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A176F #5C6F17

analogous

#17306F #2A176F #56176F

triadic

#2A176F #6F2A17 #176F2A

tetradic

#2A176F #6F1730 #5C6F17 #176F56

square

#2A176F #6F1730 #5C6F17 #176F56

split-complementary

#2A176F #6F5617 #306F17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3C #2A176F #3D22A2 #512DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#2A176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A176F

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A176F	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.141 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5799',
    500: '#2a176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a176f;
$custom-light: #6d5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.955,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29778,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A176F

secondary

#8EA53D

accent

#E93FC4

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A176F

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

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