#2A1572#2A1572

#2A1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.146 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1572
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(254, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.71, 36.58, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.71, 61.48, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0339 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.146 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2593, 2.2432, 16.1249)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1572 #5D7215

analogous

#152F72 #2A1572 #591572

triadic

#2A1572 #722A15 #15722A

tetradic

#2A1572 #72152F #5D7215 #157259

square

#2A1572 #72152F #5D7215 #157259

split-complementary

#2A1572 #725915 #2F7215

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B3E #2A1572 #3D1FA6 #512AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#2A1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1572

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1572	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.146 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e569c',
    500: '#2a1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1572;
$custom-light: #6e569c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29844,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1572

secondary

#8FA83B

accent

#EC3CC4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1572

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

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