#2A156E#2A156E

#2A156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.141 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A156E
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.28, 35.33, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.28, 59.22, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0352 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.141 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0366, 2.1541, 14.9519)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A156E #596E15

analogous

#152C6E #2A156E #56156E

triadic

#2A156E #6E2A15 #156E2A

tetradic

#2A156E #6E152C #596E15 #156E56

square

#2A156E #6E152C #596E15 #156E56

split-complementary

#2A156E #6E5615 #2C6E15

monochromatic

#0A051A #160B3B #2A156E #3E1FA1 #5129D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#2A156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A156E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A156E	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.141 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5599',
    500: '#2a156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a156e;
$custom-light: #6d5599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.157,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29406,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A156E

secondary

#8BA43A

accent

#EB3DC2

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A156E

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

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