#2A042D#2A042D

#2A042D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.086 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A042D
RGB	rgb(42, 4, 45)
HSL	hsl(296, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(296, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 91.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.94, 25.74, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.94, 31.23, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(20.88% 0.0705 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(20.88% 0.086 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4719, 0.7686, 2.5529)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A042D #072D04

analogous

#16042D #2A042D #2D041C

triadic

#2A042D #2D2A04 #042D2A

tetradic

#2A042D #2D1604 #072D04 #041C2D

square

#2A042D #2D1604 #072D04 #041C2D

split-complementary

#2A042D #1C2D04 #042D16

monochromatic

#1A021C #1A021C #2A042D #5E0965 #930E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.20

#2A042D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#2A042D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A042D

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A042D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A042D	1.00	18.20	1.15	18.20
#FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C172C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B0A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a042d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 4, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.086 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654866',
    500: '#2a042d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a042d;
$custom-light: #654866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a042d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.61,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20877,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A042D

secondary

#23701D

accent

#FA2E3D

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A042D

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

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