#2A2236#2A2236

#2A2236 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.038 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2236
RGB	rgb(42, 34, 54)
HSL	hsl(264, 23%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(264, 37%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 37%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.97, 8.85, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.97, 14.61, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(27.04% 0.0203 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(27.04% 0.038 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.1926, 1.9026, 3.7410)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2236 #2E3622

analogous

#222436 #2A2236 #342236

triadic

#2A2236 #362A22 #22362A

tetradic

#2A2236 #362224 #2E3622 #223634

square

#2A2236 #362224 #2E3622 #223634

split-complementary

#2A2236 #363422 #243622

monochromatic

#0F0C13 #0F0C13 #2A2236 #473A5C #645181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.21

#2A2236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A2236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2236

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2236	1.00	15.21	1.38	15.21
#FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 34, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.038 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645d6d',
    500: '#2a2236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2236;
$custom-light: #645d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27043,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2236

secondary

#5D684C

accent

#BF699D

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050407

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2236

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

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