#2A1877#2A1877

#2A1877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.150 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1877
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 36.59, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 62.62, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0304 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.15 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6102, 2.4771, 17.6844)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1877 #657718

analogous

#183677 #2A1877 #591877

triadic

#2A1877 #772A18 #18772A

tetradic

#2A1877 #771836 #657718 #187759

square

#2A1877 #771836 #657718 #187759

split-complementary

#2A1877 #775918 #367718

monochromatic

#090519 #180E44 #2A1877 #3C22AA #5233D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#2A1877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2A1877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1877

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1877	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.150 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f589f',
    500: '#2a1877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1877;
$custom-light: #6f589f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.368,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30777,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1877

secondary

#97AC3F

accent

#E93EC9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1877

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

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