#2A2038#2A2038

#2A2038 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.046 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2038
RGB	rgb(42, 32, 56)
HSL	hsl(265, 27%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(265, 43%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 42.9%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.46, 10.87, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.46, 17.59, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(26.69% 0.0245 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(26.69% 0.046 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1850, 1.8108, 3.9750)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2038 #2E3820

analogous

#202238 #2A2038 #362038

triadic

#2A2038 #382A20 #20382A

tetradic

#2A2038 #382022 #2E3820 #203836

square

#2A2038 #382022 #2E3820 #203836

split-complementary

#2A2038 #383620 #223820

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #2A2038 #47365F #644D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#2A2038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#2A2038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2038

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2038	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 32, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.046 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645b6e',
    500: '#2a2038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2038;
$custom-light: #645b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26691,
    "c": 0.04551,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2038

secondary

#5D6B49

accent

#C4649C

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2038

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

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