#2A196A#2A196A

#2A196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.132 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A196A
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 31.81, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 54.56, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% 0.0331 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.132 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9032, 2.2279, 13.8572)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A196A #596A19

analogous

#19306A #2A196A #52196A

triadic

#2A196A #6A2A19 #196A2A

tetradic

#2A196A #6A1930 #596A19 #196A52

square

#2A196A #6A1930 #596A19 #196A52

split-complementary

#2A196A #6A5219 #306A19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #160D38 #2A196A #3E259C #5130CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#2A196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A196A

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A196A	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.132 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5895',
    500: '#2a196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a196a;
$custom-light: #6c5895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.593,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29536,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A196A

secondary

#8BA03F

accent

#E543C3

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A196A

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

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