#2A042B#2A042B

#2A042B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.084 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A042B
RGB	rgb(42, 4, 43)
HSL	hsl(298, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(298, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 90.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.81, 25.25, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.81, 30.11, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(20.72% 0.0706 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(20.72% 0.084 327)
XYZ	xyz(1.4343, 0.7536, 2.3549)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A042B #052B04

analogous

#17042B #2A042B #2B0419

triadic

#2A042B #2B2A04 #042B2A

tetradic

#2A042B #2B1704 #052B04 #04192B

square

#2A042B #2B1704 #052B04 #04192B

split-complementary

#2A042B #192B04 #042B17

monochromatic

#1B031C #1B031C #2A042B #610963 #970E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.25

#2A042B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#2A042B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A042B

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A042B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A042B	1.00	18.25	1.15	18.25
#FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D172A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B0916

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a042b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 4, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.084 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654864',
    500: '#2a042b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a042b;
$custom-light: #654864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a042b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.462,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20722,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.00753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A042B

secondary

#1F6E1D

accent

#F92E34

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060105

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A042B

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

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