#2C165D#2C165D

#2C165D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.118 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C165D
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.95, 29.72, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.95, 48.63, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% 0.0423 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.118 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3008, 1.8995, 10.5465)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C165D #475D16

analogous

#16235D #2C165D #50165D

triadic

#2C165D #5D2C16 #165D2C

tetradic

#2C165D #5D1623 #475D16 #165D50

square

#2C165D #5D1623 #475D16 #165D50

split-complementary

#2C165D #5D5016 #235D16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #150A2C #2C165D #43228E #5B2DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#2C165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2C165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C165D

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C165D	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.118 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b558c',
    500: '#2c165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c165d;
$custom-light: #6b558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27995,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C165D

secondary

#78943B

accent

#E543B3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C165D

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

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