#2A187B#2A187B

#2A187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.155 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A187B
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 37.87, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 64.86, 305.73°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% 0.0292 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.155 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8555, 2.5752, 18.9762)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A187B #697B18

analogous

#18387B #2A187B #5C187B

triadic

#2A187B #7B2A18 #187B2A

tetradic

#2A187B #7B1838 #697B18 #187B5C

square

#2A187B #7B1838 #697B18 #187B5C

split-complementary

#2A187B #7B5C18 #387B18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E48 #2A187B #3B22AE #5336D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#2A187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A187B

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A187B	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.155 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a2',
    500: '#2a187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a187b;
$custom-light: #7058a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31217,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A187B

secondary

#9BB03F

accent

#EA3ECB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A187B

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

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