#2A165B#2A165B

#2A165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.116 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A165B
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.52, 28.70, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.52, 47.51, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(27.57% 0.0394 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(27.57% 0.116 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1295, 1.8213, 10.0821)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A165B #475B16

analogous

#16255B #2A165B #4D165B

triadic

#2A165B #5B2A16 #165B2A

tetradic

#2A165B #5B1625 #475B16 #165B4D

square

#2A165B #5B1625 #475B16 #165B4D

split-complementary

#2A165B #5B4D16 #255B16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #130A2A #2A165B #41228C #572EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.39

#2A165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#2A165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A165B

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A165B	1.00	15.39	1.36	15.39
#FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.116 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69558a',
    500: '#2a165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a165b;
$custom-light: #69558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27573,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A165B

secondary

#79923B

accent

#E444B6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A165B

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

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