#2A1559#2A1559

#2A1559 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.114 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1559
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.11, 28.66, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.11, 46.94, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(27.23% 0.0409 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(27.23% 0.114 291)
XYZ	xyz(3.0257, 1.7497, 9.6276)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1559 #445915

analogous

#152259 #2A1559 #4C1559

triadic

#2A1559 #592A15 #15592A

tetradic

#2A1559 #591522 #445915 #15594C

square

#2A1559 #591522 #445915 #15594C

split-complementary

#2A1559 #594C15 #225915

monochromatic

#0C0619 #130927 #2A1559 #41218B #592CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#2A1559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#2A1559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1559

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1559	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.114 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695489',
    500: '#2a1559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1559;
$custom-light: #695489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27226,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.0175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1559

secondary

#769139

accent

#E543B3

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE8F0

border

#C6C4CB

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1559

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

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