#2A123B#2A123B

#2A123B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.078 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A123B
RGB	rgb(42, 18, 59)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.85, 21.37, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.85, 30.43, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(24.07% 0.0488 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(24.07% 0.078 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9604, 1.2407, 4.2730)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A123B #233B12

analogous

#15123B #2A123B #3B1237

triadic

#2A123B #3B2A12 #123B2A

tetradic

#2A123B #3B1512 #233B12 #12373B

square

#2A123B #3B1512 #233B12 #12373B

split-complementary

#2A123B #373B12 #123B15

monochromatic

#110717 #110717 #2A123B #4B206A #6D2F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.82

#2A123B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#2A123B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A123B

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A123B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A123B	1.00	16.82	1.25	16.82
#FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C1D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281A24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a123b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 18, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.078 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655171',
    500: '#2a123b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a123b;
$custom-light: #655171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a123b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24066,
    "c": 0.07818,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A123B

secondary

#4F7435

accent

#DD4B87

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A123B

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

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