#2A1859#2A1859

#2A1859 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.110 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1859
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 89)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 73%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.77, 26.84, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.77, 44.99, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(27.69% 0.0377 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(27.69% 0.11 290)
XYZ	xyz(3.0841, 1.8667, 9.6471)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1859 #475918

analogous

#182759 #2A1859 #4B1859

triadic

#2A1859 #592A18 #18592A

tetradic

#2A1859 #591827 #475918 #18594B

square

#2A1859 #591827 #475918 #18594B

split-complementary

#2A1859 #594B18 #275918

monochromatic

#0B0618 #130B29 #2A1859 #412589 #5732B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#2A1859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A1859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1859

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1859	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.110 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695688',
    500: '#2a1859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1859;
$custom-light: #695688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.615,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27694,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.01867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1859

secondary

#79903D

accent

#E147B6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1859

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

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