#2C157E#2C157E

#2C157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.161 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157E
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(253, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 40.54, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 67.96, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% 0.0332 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.161 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0716, 2.5778, 19.9649)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157E #677E15

analogous

#15337E #2C157E #61157E

triadic

#2C157E #7E2C15 #157E2C

tetradic

#2C157E #7E1533 #677E15 #157E61

square

#2C157E #7E1533 #677E15 #157E61

split-complementary

#2C157E #7E6115 #337E15

monochromatic

#09041A #1A0C4A #2C157E #3E1EB2 #5631DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#2C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157E

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157E	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.161 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7257a5',
    500: '#2c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157e;
$custom-light: #7257a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31372,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157E

secondary

#99B33C

accent

#EE3AC7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157E

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

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