#2C156A#2C156A

#2C156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.136 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C156A
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.07, 34.36, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.07, 56.82, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0397 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.136 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9076, 2.1122, 13.8347)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C156A #536A15

analogous

#15296A #2C156A #56156A

triadic

#2C156A #6A2C15 #156A2C

tetradic

#2C156A #6A1529 #536A15 #156A56

square

#2C156A #6A1529 #536A15 #156A56

split-complementary

#2C156A #6A5615 #296A15

monochromatic

#0B051A #170B37 #2C156A #411F9D #5629D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#2C156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2C156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C156A

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C156A	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#102D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.136 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5596',
    500: '#2c156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c156a;
$custom-light: #6d5596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.235,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29182,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C156A

secondary

#85A13A

accent

#EA3EBB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C156A

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

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