#2A1561#2A1561

#2A1561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.125 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1561
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.91, 31.20, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.91, 51.71, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(28.03% 0.0389 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(28.03% 0.125 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3800, 1.8915, 11.4939)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1561 #4C6115

analogous

#152661 #2A1561 #501561

triadic

#2A1561 #612A15 #15612A

tetradic

#2A1561 #611526 #4C6115 #156150

square

#2A1561 #611526 #4C6115 #156150

split-complementary

#2A1561 #615015 #266115

monochromatic

#0B0519 #140A2F #2A1561 #402093 #562BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#2A1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1561

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1561	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#142A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.125 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b558f',
    500: '#2a1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1561;
$custom-light: #6b558f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2803,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1561

secondary

#7E983A

accent

#E740B9

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1561

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

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