#2A177A#2A177A

#2A177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.154 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A177A
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 38.08, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 64.85, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.98% 0.0302 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(30.98% 0.154 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7730, 2.5098, 18.6415)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A177A #677A17

analogous

#17357A #2A177A #5B177A

triadic

#2A177A #7A2A17 #177A2A

tetradic

#2A177A #7A1735 #677A17 #177A5B

square

#2A177A #7A1735 #677A17 #177A5B

split-complementary

#2A177A #7A5B17 #357A17

monochromatic

#09051A #180D47 #2A177A #3C21AD #5333D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#2A177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2A177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A177A

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A177A	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.154 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a2',
    500: '#2a177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a177a;
$custom-light: #7057a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.515,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3098,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A177A

secondary

#99AF3E

accent

#EB3DCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A177A

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

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