#2A1836#2A1836

#2A1836 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.059 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1836
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 54)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 55.6%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.04, 15.97, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.04, 22.75, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(24.83% 0.0385 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(24.83% 0.059 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9472, 1.4119, 3.6593)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1836 #243618

analogous

#1B1836 #2A1836 #361833

triadic

#2A1836 #362A18 #18362A

tetradic

#2A1836 #361B18 #243618 #183336

square

#2A1836 #361B18 #243618 #183336

split-complementary

#2A1836 #333618 #18361B

monochromatic

#100915 #100915 #2A1836 #4B2B60 #6C3E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.38

#2A1836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#2A1836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1836

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1836	1.00	16.38	1.28	16.38
#FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#111F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291D24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.059 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64556d',
    500: '#2a1836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1836;
$custom-light: #64556d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24827,
    "c": 0.05931,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1836

secondary

#506C3E

accent

#CE5988

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE8EB

border

#C6C4C6

text

#050307

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1836

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

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