#2A1581#2A1581

#2A1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.165 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1581
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.42, 41.25, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.42, 69.71, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0291 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.165 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1842, 2.6131, 20.9958)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1581 #6C8115

analogous

#153681 #2A1581 #601581

triadic

#2A1581 #812A15 #15812A

tetradic

#2A1581 #811536 #6C8115 #158160

square

#2A1581 #811536 #6C8115 #158160

split-complementary

#2A1581 #816015 #368115

monochromatic

#09041A #190C4C #2A1581 #3B1EB6 #5433DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#2A1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2A1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1581

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1581	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.165 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a7',
    500: '#2a1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1581;
$custom-light: #7157a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31535,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1581

secondary

#9EB63C

accent

#EF39CB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1581

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

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