#2C157D#2C157D

#2C157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.160 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157D
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.15, 40.23, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.15, 67.41, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% 0.0336 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.16 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0074, 2.5521, 19.6268)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157D #667D15

analogous

#15327D #2C157D #60157D

triadic

#2C157D #7D2C15 #157D2C

tetradic

#2C157D #7D1532 #667D15 #157D60

square

#2C157D #7D1532 #667D15 #157D60

split-complementary

#2C157D #7D6015 #327D15

monochromatic

#09041A #1A0C49 #2C157D #3E1EB1 #5630DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#2C157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2C157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157D

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157D	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.160 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a4',
    500: '#2c157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157d;
$custom-light: #7157a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3126,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157D

secondary

#98B23C

accent

#EE3AC6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157D

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

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