#2A204D#2A204D

#2A204D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.080 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A204D
RGB	rgb(42, 32, 77)
HSL	hsl(253, 41%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 58%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 58.4%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.80, 17.53, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.80, 31.61, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.14% 0.028 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(28.14% 0.08 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.8105, 2.0610, 7.2695)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A204D #434D20

analogous

#202D4D #2A204D #41204D

triadic

#2A204D #4D2A20 #204D2A

tetradic

#2A204D #4D202D #434D20 #204D41

square

#2A204D #4D202D #434D20 #204D41

split-complementary

#2A204D #4D4120 #2D4D20

monochromatic

#0C0916 #120E22 #2A204D #423278 #5944A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#2A204D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A204D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A204D

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A204D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A204D	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C284F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D264C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a204d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 32, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.080 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665b7f',
    500: '#2a204d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a204d;
$custom-light: #665b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a204d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28137,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A204D

secondary

#758147

accent

#D157B6

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06040A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A204D

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

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