#2A177B#2A177B

#2A177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.156 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A177B
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.07, 38.39, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.07, 65.41, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(31.09% 0.0299 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(31.09% 0.156 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8353, 2.5347, 18.9695)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A177B #687B17

analogous

#17367B #2A177B #5C177B

triadic

#2A177B #7B2A17 #177B2A

tetradic

#2A177B #7B1736 #687B17 #177B5C

square

#2A177B #7B1736 #687B17 #177B5C

split-complementary

#2A177B #7B5C17 #367B17

monochromatic

#09051A #180D47 #2A177B #3C21AF #5333D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#2A177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A177B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A177B	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.156 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a2',
    500: '#2a177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a177b;
$custom-light: #7057a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31091,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A177B

secondary

#9AB03E

accent

#EB3CCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A177B

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

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