#2A187E#2A187E

#2A187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.158 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A187E
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.59, 38.83, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.59, 66.52, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0284 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.158 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0462, 2.6515, 19.9805)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A187E #6C7E18

analogous

#18397E #2A187E #5D187E

triadic

#2A187E #7E2A18 #187E2A

tetradic

#2A187E #7E1839 #6C7E18 #187E5D

square

#2A187E #7E1839 #6C7E18 #187E5D

split-complementary

#2A187E #7E5D18 #397E18

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4B #2A187E #3B22B1 #5437D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#2A187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2A187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A187E

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A187E	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.158 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7058a4',
    500: '#2a187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a187e;
$custom-light: #7058a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3155,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A187E

secondary

#9EB23F

accent

#EB3DCC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A187E

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

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