#2A197C#2A197C

#2A197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.155 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A197C
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(250, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 37.66, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 64.86, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(31.46% 0.0283 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(31.46% 0.155 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9394, 2.6424, 19.3146)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A197C #6B7C19

analogous

#193A7C #2A197C #5C197C

triadic

#2A197C #7C2A19 #197C2A

tetradic

#2A197C #7C193A #6B7C19 #197C5C

square

#2A197C #7C193A #6B7C19 #197C5C

split-complementary

#2A197C #7C5C19 #3A7C19

monochromatic

#090519 #190F49 #2A197C #3B23AF #5438D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#2A197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2A197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A197C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A197C	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.155 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7059a3',
    500: '#2a197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a197c;
$custom-light: #7059a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.303,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31456,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A197C

secondary

#9DB040

accent

#E93ECC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A197C

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

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