#2C156E#2C156E

#2C156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.141 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C156E
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(256, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.49, 35.60, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.49, 59.10, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0385 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.141 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1205, 2.1974, 14.9558)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C156E #576E15

analogous

#152A6E #2C156E #58156E

triadic

#2C156E #6E2C15 #156E2C

tetradic

#2C156E #6E152A #576E15 #156E58

square

#2C156E #6E152A #576E15 #156E58

split-complementary

#2C156E #6E5815 #2A6E15

monochromatic

#0A051A #170B3B #2C156E #411FA1 #5529D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#2C156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2C156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C156E

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C156E	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.141 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5699',
    500: '#2c156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c156e;
$custom-light: #6e5699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.506,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29608,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C156E

secondary

#89A43A

accent

#EB3DBE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C156E

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