#2C162B#2C162B

#2C162B is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.050 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C162B
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(303, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(303, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.16, 15.24, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.16, 17.99, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(24.03% 0.0426 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(24.03% 0.05 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7616, 1.2838, 2.4400)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C162B #162C17

analogous

#22162C #2C162B #2C1620

triadic

#2C162B #2B2C16 #162B2C

tetradic

#2C162B #2C2216 #162C17 #16202C

square

#2C162B #2C2216 #162C17 #16202C

split-complementary

#2C162B #202C16 #162C22

monochromatic

#140A14 #140A14 #2C162B #552A53 #7E3F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#2C162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2C162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C162B

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C162B	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D181E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.050 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665464',
    500: '#2c162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c162b;
$custom-light: #665464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24032,
    "c": 0.04995,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C162B

secondary

#3C613E

accent

#C9635E

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060205

muted

#7A7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C162B

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

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