#2A187D#2A187D

#2A187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.157 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A187D
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.48, 38.51, -53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.48, 65.97, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% 0.0287 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.157 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9820, 2.6258, 19.6424)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A187D #6B7D18

analogous

#18397D #2A187D #5D187D

triadic

#2A187D #7D2A18 #187D2A

tetradic

#2A187D #7D1839 #6B7D18 #187D5D

square

#2A187D #7D1839 #6B7D18 #187D5D

split-complementary

#2A187D #7D5D18 #397D18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4A #2A187D #3B22B0 #5437D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#2A187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2A187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A187D

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A187D	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.157 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a4',
    500: '#2a187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a187d;
$custom-light: #7058a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.693,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31439,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A187D

secondary

#9DB23F

accent

#EB3DCC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A187D

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

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