#2A196D#2A196D

#2A196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.136 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A196D
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, 32.79, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 56.31, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.0324 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.136 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0619, 2.2914, 14.6933)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A196D #5C6D19

analogous

#19326D #2A196D #54196D

triadic

#2A196D #6D2A19 #196D2A

tetradic

#2A196D #6D1932 #5C6D19 #196D54

square

#2A196D #6D1932 #5C6D19 #196D54

split-complementary

#2A196D #6D5419 #326D19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #170E3B #2A196D #3D249F #5131D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#2A196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#2A196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A196D

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A196D	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#033041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.136 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5898',
    500: '#2a196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a196d;
$custom-light: #6d5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.143,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29846,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A196D

secondary

#8EA23F

accent

#E642C5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A196D

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

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