#2C166B#2C166B

#2C166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.136 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C166B
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.36, 34.13, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.36, 56.83, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0386 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.136 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9787, 2.1706, 14.1164)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C166B #556B16

analogous

#162B6B #2C166B #56166B

triadic

#2C166B #6B2C16 #166B2C

tetradic

#2C166B #6B162B #556B16 #166B56

square

#2C166B #6B162B #556B16 #166B56

split-complementary

#2C166B #6B5616 #2B6B16

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C38 #2C166B #41209E #562BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#2C166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2C166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C166B

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C166B	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.136 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5696',
    500: '#2c166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c166b;
$custom-light: #6e5696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.529,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29419,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C166B

secondary

#87A13B

accent

#E93FBD

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C166B

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

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