#2C156C#2C156C

#2C156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.139 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C156C
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(256, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.28, 34.98, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.28, 57.96, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0391 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.139 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0128, 2.1543, 14.3888)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C156C #556C15

analogous

#15296C #2C156C #57156C

triadic

#2C156C #6C2C15 #156C2C

tetradic

#2C156C #6C1529 #556C15 #156C57

square

#2C156C #6C1529 #556C15 #156C57

split-complementary

#2C156C #6C5715 #296C15

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B39 #2C156C #411F9F #5629D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#2C156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2C156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C156C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C156C	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.139 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5597',
    500: '#2c156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c156c;
$custom-light: #6e5597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29394,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C156C

secondary

#87A33A

accent

#EA3DBD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C156C

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

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