#2A165A#2A165A

#2A165A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.114 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A165A
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.42, 28.39, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.42, 46.91, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.48% 0.0397 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(27.48% 0.114 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0867, 1.8041, 9.8565)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A165A #465A16

analogous

#16245A #2A165A #4C165A

triadic

#2A165A #5A2A16 #165A2A

tetradic

#2A165A #5A1624 #465A16 #165A4C

square

#2A165A #5A1624 #465A16 #165A4C

split-complementary

#2A165A #5A4C16 #245A16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #130A29 #2A165A #41228B #582EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.43

#2A165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#2A165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A165A

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A165A	1.00	15.43	1.36	15.43
#FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.114 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695589',
    500: '#2a165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a165a;
$custom-light: #695589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27475,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A165A

secondary

#78913B

accent

#E444B5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A165A

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

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