#2C142C#2C142C

#2C142C is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.056 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C142C
RGB	rgb(44, 20, 44)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(300, 55%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.69, 16.83, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.69, 20.12, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(23.7% 0.0467 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(23.7% 0.056 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7435, 1.2177, 2.5256)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C142C #142C14

analogous

#20142C #2C142C #2C1420

triadic

#2C142C #2C2C14 #142C2C

tetradic

#2C142C #2C2014 #142C14 #14202C

square

#2C142C #2C2014 #142C14 #14202C

split-complementary

#2C142C #202C14 #142C20

monochromatic

#150A15 #150A15 #2C142C #562756 #803A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#2C142C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#2C142C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C142C

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C142C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C142C	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D161D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c142c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 20, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.056 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665265',
    500: '#2c142c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c142c;
$custom-light: #665265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c142c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23695,
    "c": 0.0556,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C142C

secondary

#396239

accent

#CD5A5A

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060205

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C142C

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

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