#2A1978#2A1978

#2A1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.150 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1978
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.11, 36.38, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.11, 62.62, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.02% 0.0295 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(31.02% 0.15 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6916, 2.5432, 18.0093)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1978 #677819

analogous

#193778 #2A1978 #591978

triadic

#2A1978 #782A19 #19782A

tetradic

#2A1978 #781937 #677819 #197859

square

#2A1978 #781937 #677819 #197859

split-complementary

#2A1978 #785919 #377819

monochromatic

#090519 #180E45 #2A1978 #3C24AB #5336D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#2A1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1978

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1978	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.150 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f58a0',
    500: '#2a1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1978;
$custom-light: #6f58a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31019,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1978

secondary

#99AD40

accent

#E83FCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1978

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

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