#2A165C#2A165C

#2A165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.117 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A165C
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.62, 29.03, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.62, 48.12, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(27.67% 0.0392 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(27.67% 0.117 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1730, 1.8386, 10.3108)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A165C #485C16

analogous

#16255C #2A165C #4D165C

triadic

#2A165C #5C2A16 #165C2A

tetradic

#2A165C #5C1625 #485C16 #165C4D

square

#2A165C #5C1625 #485C16 #165C4D

split-complementary

#2A165C #5C4D16 #255C16

monochromatic

#0B0619 #130A2B #2A165C #41228D #572EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#2A165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A165C

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A165C	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.117 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a558b',
    500: '#2a165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a165c;
$custom-light: #6a558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27672,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A165C

secondary

#7A933B

accent

#E543B6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A165C

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

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