#2A156A#2A156A

#2A156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.136 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A156A
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.85, 34.06, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.85, 56.94, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(28.98% 0.0364 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(28.98% 0.136 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8237, 2.0690, 13.8307)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A156A #556A15

analogous

#152A6A #2A156A #55156A

triadic

#2A156A #6A2A15 #156A2A

tetradic

#2A156A #6A152A #556A15 #156A55

square

#2A156A #6A152A #556A15 #156A55

split-complementary

#2A156A #6A5515 #2A6A15

monochromatic

#0A051A #160B37 #2A156A #3E1F9D #5229D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#2A156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A156A

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A156A	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.136 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5596',
    500: '#2a156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a156a;
$custom-light: #6c5596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.824,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28975,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A156A

secondary

#87A13A

accent

#EA3EBF

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A156A

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

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