#2A204C#2A204C

#2A204C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.078 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A204C
RGB	rgb(42, 32, 76)
HSL	hsl(254, 41%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(254, 58%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 57.9%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.73, 17.19, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.73, 30.95, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.028 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.078 291)
XYZ	xyz(2.7755, 2.0470, 7.0849)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A204C #424C20

analogous

#202C4C #2A204C #40204C

triadic

#2A204C #4C2A20 #204C2A

tetradic

#2A204C #4C202C #424C20 #204C40

square

#2A204C #4C202C #424C20 #204C40

split-complementary

#2A204C #4C4020 #2C4C20

monochromatic

#0C0916 #120E21 #2A204C #423277 #5A44A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#2A204C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A204C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A204C

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A204C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A204C	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D284E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E264B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a204c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 32, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.078 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665b7e',
    500: '#2a204c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a204c;
$custom-light: #665b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a204c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2806,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.02047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A204C

secondary

#738047

accent

#D157B5

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06040A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A204C

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

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