#2C157A#2C157A

#2C157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.156 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157A
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(254, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 39.31, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 65.78, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% 0.0346 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.156 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8186, 2.4766, 18.6327)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157A #637A15

analogous

#15317A #2C157A #5E157A

triadic

#2C157A #7A2C15 #157A2C

tetradic

#2C157A #7A1531 #637A15 #157A5E

square

#2C157A #7A1531 #637A15 #157A5E

split-complementary

#2C157A #7A5E15 #317A15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C46 #2C157A #3F1EAE #562EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#2C157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2C157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157A

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157A	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.156 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7156a2',
    500: '#2c157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157a;
$custom-light: #7156a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.663,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30923,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157A

secondary

#95AF3B

accent

#ED3AC5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157A

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

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