#2A197A#2A197A

#2A197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.152 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A197A
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.33, 37.02, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.33, 63.74, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.24% 0.0289 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(31.24% 0.153 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8142, 2.5923, 18.6552)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A197A #697A19

analogous

#19397A #2A197A #5B197A

triadic

#2A197A #7A2A19 #197A2A

tetradic

#2A197A #7A1939 #697A19 #197A5B

square

#2A197A #7A1939 #697A19 #197A5B

split-complementary

#2A197A #7A5B19 #397A19

monochromatic

#090519 #190F47 #2A197A #3B23AD #5337D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#2A197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A197A

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A197A	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.152 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f58a1',
    500: '#2a197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a197a;
$custom-light: #6f58a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.515,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31237,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A197A

secondary

#9BAF40

accent

#E93FCB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A197A

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

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