#2A0538#2A0538

#2A0538 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.096 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A0538
RGB	rgb(42, 5, 56)
HSL	hsl(284, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(284, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 91.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.01, 27.86, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.01, 36.83, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(21.95% 0.0671 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(21.95% 0.096 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7228, 0.8864, 3.8209)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A0538 #133805

analogous

#100538 #2A0538 #38052D

triadic

#2A0538 #382A05 #05382A

tetradic

#2A0538 #381005 #133805 #052D38

square

#2A0538 #381005 #133805 #052D38

split-complementary

#2A0538 #2D3805 #053810

monochromatic

#15031C #15031C #2A0538 #540A70 #7E0FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.84

#2A0538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#2A0538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A0538

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A0538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A0538	1.00	17.84	1.18	17.84
#FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29111E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a0538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 5, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.096 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66496f',
    500: '#2a0538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a0538;
$custom-light: #66496f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a0538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.529,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21951,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A0538

secondary

#387920

accent

#FA2E66

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A0538

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

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