#2A197E#2A197E

#2A197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.158 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A197E
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(250, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.77, 38.30, -53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.77, 65.97, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(31.68% 0.0278 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(31.68% 0.158 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0672, 2.6935, 19.9875)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A197E #6D7E19

analogous

#193B7E #2A197E #5D197E

triadic

#2A197E #7E2A19 #197E2A

tetradic

#2A197E #7E193B #6D7E19 #197E5D

square

#2A197E #7E193B #6D7E19 #197E5D

split-complementary

#2A197E #7E5D19 #3B7E19

monochromatic

#09051A #190F4B #2A197E #3B23B1 #543AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#2A197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#2A197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A197E

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A197E	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.158 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7059a4',
    500: '#2a197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a197e;
$custom-light: #7059a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.099,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31677,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A197E

secondary

#9FB241

accent

#EA3ECD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A197E

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

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