#2A243C#2A243C

#2A243C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.044 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A243C
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(255, 25%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(255, 40%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 40%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.90, 9.20, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.90, 17.08, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(27.86% 0.0185 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(27.86% 0.044 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4011, 2.0802, 4.5491)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A243C #363C24

analogous

#242A3C #2A243C #36243C

triadic

#2A243C #3C2A24 #243C2A

tetradic

#2A243C #3C242A #363C24 #243C36

square

#2A243C #3C242A #363C24 #243C36

split-complementary

#2A243C #3C3624 #2A3C24

monochromatic

#0D0B13 #0F0D16 #2A243C #453B62 #605289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#2A243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2A243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A243C

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A243C	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E283D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F273B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.044 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645e71',
    500: '#2a243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a243c;
$custom-light: #645e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27862,
    "c": 0.04407,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A243C

secondary

#666E4D

accent

#C166AB

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050407

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A243C

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

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