#2A1959#2A1959

#2A1959 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.109 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1959
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 89)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 26.22, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 44.32, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(27.86% 0.0366 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(27.86% 0.109 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1051, 1.9086, 9.6541)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1959 #485919

analogous

#192859 #2A1959 #4A1959

triadic

#2A1959 #592A19 #19592A

tetradic

#2A1959 #591928 #485919 #19594A

square

#2A1959 #591928 #485919 #19594A

split-complementary

#2A1959 #594A19 #285919

monochromatic

#0B0718 #130C29 #2A1959 #412689 #5734B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#2A1959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A1959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1959

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1959	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.109 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695788',
    500: '#2a1959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1959;
$custom-light: #695788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27859,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1959

secondary

#7A8F3E

accent

#DF48B7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1959

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

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