#2A157C#2A157C

#2A157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.159 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157C
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.84, 39.71, -53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.84, 67.00, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(30.96% 0.0307 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(30.96% 0.159 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8600, 2.4834, 19.2881)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157C #677C15

analogous

#15337C #2A157C #5D157C

triadic

#2A157C #7C2A15 #157C2A

tetradic

#2A157C #7C1533 #677C15 #157C5D

square

#2A157C #7C1533 #677C15 #157C5D

split-complementary

#2A157C #7C5D15 #337C15

monochromatic

#09041A #180C48 #2A157C #3C1EB0 #5330DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#2A157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2A157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157C

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157C	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.159 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a3',
    500: '#2a157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157c;
$custom-light: #7056a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.233,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30964,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157C

secondary

#99B13C

accent

#EE3AC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157C

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

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