#2A157D#2A157D

#2A157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.160 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157D
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 40.01, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 67.55, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(31.08% 0.0304 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(31.08% 0.16 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9235, 2.5089, 19.6229)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157D #687D15

analogous

#15347D #2A157D #5E157D

triadic

#2A157D #7D2A15 #157D2A

tetradic

#2A157D #7D1534 #687D15 #157D5E

square

#2A157D #7D1534 #687D15 #157D5E

split-complementary

#2A157D #7D5E15 #347D15

monochromatic

#09041A #180C49 #2A157D #3C1EB1 #5330DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#2A157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2A157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157D

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157D	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.160 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a4',
    500: '#2a157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157d;
$custom-light: #7056a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31078,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157D

secondary

#9AB23C

accent

#EE3ACA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157D

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

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