#2A177F#2A177F

#2A177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.161 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A177F
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 39.65, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 67.60, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0286 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.161 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0908, 2.6369, 20.3153)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A177F #6C7F17

analogous

#17387F #2A177F #5E177F

triadic

#2A177F #7F2A17 #177F2A

tetradic

#2A177F #7F1738 #6C7F17 #177F5E

square

#2A177F #7F1738 #6C7F17 #177F5E

split-complementary

#2A177F #7F5E17 #387F17

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4B #2A177F #3B20B3 #5436DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#2A177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2A177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A177F

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A177F	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.161 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a5',
    500: '#2a177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a177f;
$custom-light: #7158a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31539,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A177F

secondary

#9EB43E

accent

#EC3CCC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A177F

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

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