#2A196F#2A196F

#2A196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.138 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A196F
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, 33.45, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 57.48, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% 0.0319 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.138 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1708, 2.3349, 15.2667)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A196F #5E6F19

analogous

#19336F #2A196F #55196F

triadic

#2A196F #6F2A19 #196F2A

tetradic

#2A196F #6F1933 #5E6F19 #196F55

square

#2A196F #6F1933 #5E6F19 #196F55

split-complementary

#2A196F #6F5519 #336F19

monochromatic

#090619 #170E3D #2A196F #3D24A1 #5132D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#2A196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#2A196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A196F

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A196F	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.138 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5899',
    500: '#2a196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a196f;
$custom-light: #6d5899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.86,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30056,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A196F

secondary

#90A43F

accent

#E642C6

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A196F

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

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