#2A157E#2A157E

#2A157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.161 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157E
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.07, 40.32, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.07, 68.09, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(31.19% 0.03 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(31.19% 0.161 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9877, 2.5345, 19.9610)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157E #697E15

analogous

#15357E #2A157E #5F157E

triadic

#2A157E #7E2A15 #157E2A

tetradic

#2A157E #7E1535 #697E15 #157E5F

square

#2A157E #7E1535 #697E15 #157E5F

split-complementary

#2A157E #7E5F15 #357E15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4A #2A157E #3B1EB2 #5331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#2A157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157E

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157E	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.161 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a5',
    500: '#2a157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157e;
$custom-light: #7157a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31192,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157E

secondary

#9BB33C

accent

#EE3ACA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157E

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

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