#2A187C#2A187C

#2A187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.156 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A187C
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.37, 38.19, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.37, 65.41, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0289 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.156 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9184, 2.6004, 19.3076)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A187C #6A7C18

analogous

#18387C #2A187C #5C187C

triadic

#2A187C #7C2A18 #187C2A

tetradic

#2A187C #7C1838 #6A7C18 #187C5C

square

#2A187C #7C1838 #6A7C18 #187C5C

split-complementary

#2A187C #7C5C18 #387C18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E49 #2A187C #3B22AF #5336D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#2A187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A187C

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A187C	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.156 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a3',
    500: '#2a187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a187c;
$custom-light: #7058a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31328,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A187C

secondary

#9CB13F

accent

#EA3DCB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A187C

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

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