#2A177E#2A177E

#2A177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.159 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A177E
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.41, 39.34, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.41, 67.06, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.43% 0.0289 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(31.43% 0.159 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0259, 2.6110, 19.9737)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A177E #6B7E17

analogous

#17387E #2A177E #5E177E

triadic

#2A177E #7E2A17 #177E2A

tetradic

#2A177E #7E1738 #6B7E17 #177E5E

square

#2A177E #7E1738 #6B7E17 #177E5E

split-complementary

#2A177E #7E5E17 #387E17

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4A #2A177E #3B20B2 #5435DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#2A177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A177E

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A177E	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.159 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a5',
    500: '#2a177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a177e;
$custom-light: #7058a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.068,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31427,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A177E

secondary

#9DB33E

accent

#EC3CCB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A177E

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

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