#2C157B#2C157B

#2C157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.157 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157B
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(254, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, 39.62, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 66.33, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0342 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.157 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8809, 2.5015, 18.9607)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157B #647B15

analogous

#15317B #2C157B #5F157B

triadic

#2C157B #7B2C15 #157B2C

tetradic

#2C157B #7B1531 #647B15 #157B5F

square

#2C157B #7B1531 #647B15 #157B5F

split-complementary

#2C157B #7B5F15 #317B15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C47 #2C157B #3F1EAF #562FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#2C157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#2C157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157B

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157B	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.157 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a2',
    500: '#2c157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157b;
$custom-light: #7157a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.529,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31035,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157B

secondary

#96B03B

accent

#EE3AC5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157B

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

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