#2A162A#2A162A

#2A162A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.047 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A162A
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(300, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.80, 14.19, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.80, 17.03, 326.48°)
OKLab	oklab(23.68% 0.0393 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(23.68% 0.047 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6596, 1.2333, 2.3407)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A162A #162A16

analogous

#20162A #2A162A #2A1620

triadic

#2A162A #2A2A16 #162A2A

tetradic

#2A162A #2A2016 #162A16 #16202A

square

#2A162A #2A2016 #162A16 #16202A

split-complementary

#2A162A #202A16 #162A20

monochromatic

#140B14 #140B14 #2A162A #522B52 #7A407A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#2A162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#2A162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A162A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A162A	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#141B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B181E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.047 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645363',
    500: '#2a162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a162a;
$custom-light: #645363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23677,
    "c": 0.04694,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A162A

secondary

#3D5F3D

accent

#C76060

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050205

muted

#7A7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A162A

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

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