#2A196C#2A196C

#2A196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.134 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A196C
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.84, 32.47, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.84, 55.73, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0326 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.134 284)
XYZ	xyz(4.0084, 2.2700, 14.4114)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A196C #5B6C19

analogous

#19316C #2A196C #53196C

triadic

#2A196C #6C2A19 #196C2A

tetradic

#2A196C #6C1931 #5B6C19 #196C53

square

#2A196C #6C1931 #5B6C19 #196C53

split-complementary

#2A196C #6C5319 #316C19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #170D3A #2A196C #3D259E #5130CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#2A196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A196C

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A196C	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.134 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5897',
    500: '#2a196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a196c;
$custom-light: #6c5897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29742,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.0227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A196C

secondary

#8DA13F

accent

#E542C4

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A196C

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

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