#2C138A#2C138A

#2C138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.177 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C138A
RGB	rgb(44, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(253, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.37, 45.03, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.37, 75.25, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.55% 0.03 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(32.55% 0.177 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8576, 2.8357, 24.2785)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C138A #718A13

analogous

#13358A #2C138A #67138A

triadic

#2C138A #8A2C13 #138A2C

tetradic

#2C138A #8A1335 #718A13 #138A67

square

#2C138A #8A1335 #718A13 #138A67

split-complementary

#2C138A #8A6713 #358A13

monochromatic

#0A041E #1B0C54 #2C138A #3D1AC0 #5934E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#2C138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2C138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C138A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C138A	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.177 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7457ad',
    500: '#2c138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c138a;
$custom-light: #7457ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.605,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32547,
    "c": 0.17661,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C138A

secondary

#A3BE3A

accent

#F235CB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C138A

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

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