#2C157F#2C157F

#2C157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.162 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C157F
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.38, 40.84, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.38, 68.50, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0329 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.162 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1364, 2.6037, 20.3065)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C157F #687F15

analogous

#15337F #2C157F #61157F

triadic

#2C157F #7F2C15 #157F2C

tetradic

#2C157F #7F1533 #687F15 #157F61

square

#2C157F #7F1533 #687F15 #157F61

split-complementary

#2C157F #7F6115 #337F15

monochromatic

#09041A #1A0C4A #2C157F #3E1EB4 #5731DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#2C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C157F

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C157F	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.162 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7257a5',
    500: '#2c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c157f;
$custom-light: #7257a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.019,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31485,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C157F

secondary

#9AB43C

accent

#EE39C7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C157F

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

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