#2A157B#2A157B

#2A157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.158 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157B
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, 39.39, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 66.46, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.031 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.158 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7970, 2.4583, 18.9568)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157B #667B15

analogous

#15337B #2A157B #5D157B

triadic

#2A157B #7B2A15 #157B2A

tetradic

#2A157B #7B1533 #667B15 #157B5D

square

#2A157B #7B1533 #667B15 #157B5D

split-complementary

#2A157B #7B5D15 #337B15

monochromatic

#09041A #180C47 #2A157B #3C1EAF #522FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#2A157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#2A157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157B

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157B	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.158 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a2',
    500: '#2a157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157b;
$custom-light: #7056a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3085,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157B

secondary

#98B03B

accent

#EE3AC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157B

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

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