#2A157F#2A157F

#2A157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.162 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A157F
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 40.63, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 68.63, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.31% 0.0297 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(31.31% 0.162 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0526, 2.5605, 20.3025)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A157F #6A7F15

analogous

#15357F #2A157F #5F157F

triadic

#2A157F #7F2A15 #157F2A

tetradic

#2A157F #7F1535 #6A7F15 #157F5F

square

#2A157F #7F1535 #6A7F15 #157F5F

split-complementary

#2A157F #7F5F15 #357F15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4A #2A157F #3B1EB4 #5331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#2A157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A157F

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A157F	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.162 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a5',
    500: '#2a157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a157f;
$custom-light: #7157a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31306,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A157F

secondary

#9CB43C

accent

#EE39CB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A157F

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

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