#2C165C#2C165C

#2C165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.117 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C165C
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.85, 29.41, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.85, 48.03, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(27.9% 0.0425 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(27.9% 0.117 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2568, 1.8819, 10.3148)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C165C #465C16

analogous

#16235C #2C165C #4F165C

triadic

#2C165C #5C2C16 #165C2C

tetradic

#2C165C #5C1623 #465C16 #165C4F

square

#2C165C #5C1623 #465C16 #165C4F

split-complementary

#2C165C #5C4F16 #235C16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #140A2B #2C165C #44228D #5B2EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.26

#2C165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2C165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C165C

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C165C	1.00	15.26	1.38	15.26
#FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.117 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b558b',
    500: '#2c165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c165c;
$custom-light: #6b558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27897,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C165C

secondary

#77933B

accent

#E543B2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C165C

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

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