#2C166C#2C166C

#2C166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.138 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C166C
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.46, 34.45, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.46, 57.40, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.0383 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.138 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0316, 2.1918, 14.3951)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C166C #566C16

analogous

#162B6C #2C166C #57166C

triadic

#2C166C #6C2C16 #166C2C

tetradic

#2C166C #6C162B #566C16 #166C57

square

#2C166C #6C162B #566C16 #166C57

split-complementary

#2C166C #6C5716 #2B6C16

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C39 #2C166C #41209F #552BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#2C166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2C166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C166C

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C166C	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.138 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5697',
    500: '#2c166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c166c;
$custom-light: #6e5697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29524,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C166C

secondary

#88A23C

accent

#E93FBE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C166C

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

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