#2A042A#2A042A

#2A042A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.083 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A042A
RGB	rgb(42, 4, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(300, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.5%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.74, 25.01, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.74, 29.56, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(20.65% 0.0707 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(20.65% 0.083 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4162, 0.7463, 2.2595)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A042A #042A04

analogous

#17042A #2A042A #2A0417

triadic

#2A042A #2A2A04 #042A2A

tetradic

#2A042A #2A1704 #042A04 #04172A

square

#2A042A #2A1704 #042A04 #04172A

split-complementary

#2A042A #172A04 #042A17

monochromatic

#1C031C #1C031C #2A042A #620962 #9A0F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.27

#2A042A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#2A042A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A042A

18.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A042A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A042A	1.00	18.27	1.15	18.27
#FFFFFF	18.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C0916

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a042a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 4, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.083 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654863',
    500: '#2a042a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a042a;
$custom-light: #654863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a042a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20646,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A042A

secondary

#1D6D1D

accent

#F92F2F

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE6EA

border

#C6C2C6

text

#060105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A042A

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

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