#2A1789#2A1789

#2A1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.173 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1789
RGB	rgb(42, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(250, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(250, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 42.76, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 72.99, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.0255 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.173 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7751, 2.9107, 23.9195)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1789 #768917

analogous

#173D89 #2A1789 #631789

triadic

#2A1789 #892A17 #17892A

tetradic

#2A1789 #89173D #768917 #178963

square

#2A1789 #89173D #768917 #178963

split-complementary

#2A1789 #896317 #3D8917

monochromatic

#0A0520 #1A0E55 #2A1789 #3A20BD #573CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#2A1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2A1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1789

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1789	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.173 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7358ad',
    500: '#2a1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1789;
$custom-light: #7358ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32681,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1789

secondary

#A8BD3F

accent

#EE3AD0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1789

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

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