#2C1589#2C1589

#2C1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.174 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1589
RGB	rgb(44, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 43.87, -59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 73.82, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.0295 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.174 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8208, 2.8775, 23.9107)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1589 #728915

analogous

#153889 #2C1589 #661589

triadic

#2C1589 #892C15 #15892C

tetradic

#2C1589 #891538 #728915 #158966

square

#2C1589 #891538 #728915 #158966

split-complementary

#2C1589 #896615 #388915

monochromatic

#0A051F #1B0D54 #2C1589 #3D1DBE #5938E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#2C1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2C1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1589

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1589	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.174 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458ad',
    500: '#2c1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1589;
$custom-light: #7458ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.897,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32631,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1589

secondary

#A4BD3D

accent

#F038CC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1589

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

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