#2A1879#2A1879

#2A1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.152 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1879
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.03, 37.23, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.03, 63.75, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31% 0.0298 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(31% 0.152 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7316, 2.5256, 18.3236)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1879 #677918

analogous

#183679 #2A1879 #5A1879

triadic

#2A1879 #792A18 #18792A

tetradic

#2A1879 #791836 #677918 #18795A

square

#2A1879 #791836 #677918 #18795A

split-complementary

#2A1879 #795A18 #367918

monochromatic

#09051A #180E46 #2A1879 #3C22AC #5335D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#2A1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1879

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1879	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.152 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f58a1',
    500: '#2a1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1879;
$custom-light: #6f58a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30996,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1879

secondary

#99AE3F

accent

#EA3ECA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1879

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

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