#2A1838#2A1838

#2A1838 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.062 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1838
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 56)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 57.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.16, 16.53, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.16, 24.03, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(24.96% 0.0388 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(24.96% 0.062 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9951, 1.4311, 3.9117)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1838 #263818

analogous

#1A1838 #2A1838 #381836

triadic

#2A1838 #382A18 #18382A

tetradic

#2A1838 #381A18 #263818 #183638

square

#2A1838 #381A18 #263818 #183638

split-complementary

#2A1838 #363818 #18381A

monochromatic

#100915 #100915 #2A1838 #4A2A63 #6A3D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.33

#2A1838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#2A1838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1838

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1838	1.00	16.33	1.29	16.33
#FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.062 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64556f',
    500: '#2a1838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1838;
$custom-light: #64556f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24962,
    "c": 0.06228,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1838

secondary

#536E3E

accent

#D0588C

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE8EC

border

#C6C4C7

text

#050307

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1838

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

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