#2816C9#2816C9

#2816C9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.246 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2816C9
RGB	rgb(40, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(246, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(246, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 61.62, -85.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 105.03, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0041 -0.2459)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.246 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7010, 5.2406, 55.6419)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2816C9 #B7C916

analogous

#165DC9 #2816C9 #8116C9

triadic

#2816C9 #C92816 #16C928

tetradic

#2816C9 #C9165D #B7C916 #16C981

square

#2816C9 #C9165D #B7C916 #16C981

split-complementary

#2816C9 #C98116 #5DC916

monochromatic

#120A5B #1D1092 #2816C9 #4633E9 #786BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#2816C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#2816C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2816C9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2816C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2816C9	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2816c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.246 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815edb',
    500: '#2816c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2816c9;
$custom-light: #815edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2816c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.034,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40206,
    "c": 0.24591,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2816C9

secondary

#C9D467

accent

#F731E3

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1E9FB

border

#CBC5D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #2816C9

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

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