#2A158E#2A158E

#2A158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.180 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A158E
RGBrgb(42, 21, 142)
HSLhsl(250, 74%, 32%)
HSVhsv(250, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(19.97, 45.20, -61.81)
CIE-LCHlch(19.97, 76.57, 306.17°)
OKLaboklab(33.05% 0.0247 -0.1785)
OKLCHoklch(33.05% 0.18 277.9)
XYZxyz(6.1039, 2.9810, 25.8397)
Luminance0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A158E #798E15
analogous
#153D8E #2A158E #67158E
triadic
#2A158E #8E2A15 #158E2A
tetradic
#2A158E #8E153D #798E15 #158E67
square
#2A158E #8E153D #798E15 #158E67
split-complementary
#2A158E #8E6715 #3D8E15
monochromatic
#0A0523 #1A0D59 #2A158E #3A1DC3 #583BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15
#2A158E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60
#2A158E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A158E
13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A158E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A158E1.0013.151.6013.15
#FFFFFF13.151.0021.001.00
#0000001.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003591
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#002B8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003C53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.180 277.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458b0',
    500: '#2a158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a158e;
$custom-light: #7458b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.413,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33051,
    "c": 0.18024,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A158E
secondary
#ABC23D
accent
#F137D1
background
#F7F5FB
surface
#EEE9F6
border
#C9C5D0
text
#0A0311
muted
#7C7880

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#2A158E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva