#2C166D#2C166D

#2C166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.139 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C166D
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 34.76, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 57.97, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.63% 0.038 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(29.63% 0.139 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0851, 2.2132, 14.6770)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C166D #576D16

analogous

#162C6D #2C166D #57166D

triadic

#2C166D #6D2C16 #166D2C

tetradic

#2C166D #6D162C #576D16 #166D57

square

#2C166D #6D162C #576D16 #166D57

split-complementary

#2C166D #6D5716 #2C6D16

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3A #2C166D #4120A0 #552BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#2C166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2C166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C166D

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C166D	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.139 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5698',
    500: '#2c166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c166d;
$custom-light: #6e5698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.172,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2963,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C166D

secondary

#89A33C

accent

#E93EBE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C166D

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

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