#2A1828#2A1828

#2A1828 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.040 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1828
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 40)
HSL	hsl(307, 27%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(307, 43%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 4.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.27, 12.31, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.27, 14.27, 329.64°)
OKLab	oklab(24% 0.0347 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(24% 0.04 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6645, 1.2988, 2.1701)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1828 #182A1A

analogous

#23182A #2A1828 #2A181F

triadic

#2A1828 #282A18 #18282A

tetradic

#2A1828 #2A2318 #182A1A #181F2A

square

#2A1828 #2A2318 #182A1A #181F2A

split-complementary

#2A1828 #1F2A18 #182A23

monochromatic

#130B13 #130B13 #2A1828 #512E4D #784572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.67

#2A1828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2A1828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1828

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1828	1.00	16.67	1.26	16.67
#FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B191E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.040 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645561',
    500: '#2a1828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1828;
$custom-light: #645561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23996,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1828

secondary

#405E43

accent

#C46F64

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE8E9

border

#C6C4C5

text

#050305

muted

#7A7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1828

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

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