#2C157C#2C157C

#2C157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.158 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157C
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.04, 39.92, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.04, 66.87, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.15% 0.0339 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(31.15% 0.158 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9438, 2.5267, 19.2921)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157C #657C15

analogous

#15317C #2C157C #5F157C

triadic

#2C157C #7C2C15 #157C2C

tetradic

#2C157C #7C1531 #657C15 #157C5F

square

#2C157C #7C1531 #657C15 #157C5F

split-complementary

#2C157C #7C5F15 #317C15

monochromatic

#09041A #190C48 #2C157C #3F1EB0 #5630DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#2C157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2C157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157C

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157C	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.158 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a3',
    500: '#2c157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157c;
$custom-light: #7157a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.398,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31147,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157C

secondary

#97B13C

accent

#EE3AC6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157C

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

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