#2A143C#2A143C

#2A143C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.076 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A143C
RGB	rgb(42, 20, 60)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 66.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.41, 20.38, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.41, 29.62, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(24.49% 0.0457 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(24.49% 0.076 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0204, 1.3188, 4.4222)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A143C #263C14

analogous

#16143C #2A143C #3C143A

triadic

#2A143C #3C2A14 #143C2A

tetradic

#2A143C #3C1614 #263C14 #143A3C

square

#2A143C #3C1614 #263C14 #143A3C

split-complementary

#2A143C #3A3C14 #143C16

monochromatic

#100817 #100817 #2A143C #4A236A #6A3398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#2A143C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2A143C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A143C

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A143C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A143C	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271C25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a143c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 20, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.076 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655272',
    500: '#2a143c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a143c;
$custom-light: #655272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a143c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24493,
    "c": 0.07589,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A143C

secondary

#537438

accent

#DA4E8D

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A143C

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

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