#2A1159#2A1159

#2A1159 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.119 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1159
RGB	rgb(42, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.32, 30.91, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.32, 49.36, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(26.66% 0.0449 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(26.66% 0.119 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9580, 1.6143, 9.6050)
Luminance	0.0161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1159 #405911

analogous

#111C59 #2A1159 #4E1159

triadic

#2A1159 #592A11 #11592A

tetradic

#2A1159 #59111C #405911 #11594E

square

#2A1159 #59111C #405911 #11594E

split-complementary

#2A1159 #594E11 #1C5911

monochromatic

#0C051A #120726 #2A1159 #421B8C #5A25C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.88

#2A1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#2A1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1159

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1159	1.00	15.88	1.32	15.88
#FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00235B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.119 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695289',
    500: '#2a1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1159;
$custom-light: #695289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26662,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1159

secondary

#719234

accent

#EB3DAE

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1159

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

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