#2A1979#2A1979

#2A1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.151 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1979
RGB	rgb(42, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.22, 36.70, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.22, 63.18, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.13% 0.0292 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(31.13% 0.151 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7526, 2.5676, 18.3306)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1979 #687919

analogous

#193879 #2A1979 #5A1979

triadic

#2A1979 #792A19 #19792A

tetradic

#2A1979 #791938 #687919 #19795A

square

#2A1979 #791938 #687919 #19795A

split-complementary

#2A1979 #795A19 #387919

monochromatic

#090519 #180F46 #2A1979 #3C23AC #5337D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#2A1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2A1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1979

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1979	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.151 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f58a1',
    500: '#2a1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1979;
$custom-light: #6f58a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.625,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31128,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1979

secondary

#9AAE40

accent

#E93FCB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1979

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

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