#2A158A#2A158A

#2A158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.176 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A158A
RGB	rgb(42, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, 43.99, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 74.49, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% 0.0261 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.176 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8090, 2.8630, 24.2863)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A158A #758A15

analogous

#153A8A #2A158A #64158A

triadic

#2A158A #8A2A15 #158A2A

tetradic

#2A158A #8A153A #758A15 #158A64

square

#2A158A #8A153A #758A15 #158A64

split-complementary

#2A158A #8A6415 #3A8A15

monochromatic

#0A0520 #1A0D55 #2A158A #3A1DBF #5739E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#2A158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2A158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A158A

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A158A	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.176 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7357ad',
    500: '#2a158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a158a;
$custom-light: #7357ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3258,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A158A

secondary

#A7BE3D

accent

#F038CF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A158A

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

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