#2A204B#2A204B

#2A204B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.077 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A204B
RGB	rgb(42, 32, 75)
HSL	hsl(254, 40%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(254, 57%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 57.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.66, 16.86, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.66, 30.29, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(27.98% 0.0279 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(27.98% 0.077 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7410, 2.0332, 6.9033)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 9.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A204B #414B20

analogous

#202B4B #2A204B #3F204B

triadic

#2A204B #4B2A20 #204B2A

tetradic

#2A204B #4B202B #414B20 #204B3F

square

#2A204B #4B202B #414B20 #204B3F

split-complementary

#2A204B #4B3F20 #2B4B20

monochromatic

#0C0915 #120E20 #2A204B #423276 #5A45A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#2A204B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A204B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A204B

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A204B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A204B	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E284C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F264A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a204b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 32, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.077 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665b7d',
    500: '#2a204b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a204b;
$custom-light: #665b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a204b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27984,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A204B

secondary

#727F47

accent

#D058B4

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06040A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A204B

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

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