#2A156D#2A156D

#2A156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.140 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A156D
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(254, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.17, 35.01, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.17, 58.66, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.3% 0.0355 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(29.3% 0.14 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9825, 2.1324, 14.6668)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A156D #586D15

analogous

#152C6D #2A156D #56156D

triadic

#2A156D #6D2A15 #156D2A

tetradic

#2A156D #6D152C #586D15 #156D56

square

#2A156D #6D152C #586D15 #156D56

split-complementary

#2A156D #6D5615 #2C6D15

monochromatic

#0A051A #160B3A #2A156D #3E1FA0 #5229D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#2A156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A156D

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A156D	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.140 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5598',
    500: '#2a156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a156d;
$custom-light: #6d5598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.318,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29298,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A156D

secondary

#8AA33A

accent

#EB3DC1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A156D

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

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