#2A177D#2A177D

#2A177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.158 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A177D
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 39.02, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 66.51, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0292 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.158 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9617, 2.5853, 19.6356)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A177D #6A7D17

analogous

#17377D #2A177D #5D177D

triadic

#2A177D #7D2A17 #177D2A

tetradic

#2A177D #7D1737 #6A7D17 #177D5D

square

#2A177D #7D1737 #6A7D17 #177D5D

split-complementary

#2A177D #7D5D17 #377D17

monochromatic

#09051A #190D49 #2A177D #3B21B1 #5335DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#2A177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A177D

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A177D	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.158 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a4',
    500: '#2a177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a177d;
$custom-light: #7058a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.176,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31315,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A177D

secondary

#9CB23E

accent

#EC3CCB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A177D

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

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