#2A157A#2A157A

#2A157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.156 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157A
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.61, 39.08, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.61, 65.91, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(30.74% 0.0314 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(30.74% 0.156 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7348, 2.4334, 18.6288)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157A #657A15

analogous

#15337A #2A157A #5C157A

triadic

#2A157A #7A2A15 #157A2A

tetradic

#2A157A #7A1533 #657A15 #157A5C

square

#2A157A #7A1533 #657A15 #157A5C

split-complementary

#2A157A #7A5C15 #337A15

monochromatic

#09041A #180C46 #2A157A #3C1EAE #522EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#2A157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#2A157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157A

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157A	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.156 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a2',
    500: '#2a157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157a;
$custom-light: #7056a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.475,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30737,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157A

secondary

#97AF3B

accent

#ED3AC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157A

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

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