#2C166E#2C166E

#2C166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.140 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C166E
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.67, 35.08, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.67, 58.54, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0377 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.14 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1392, 2.2348, 14.9621)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C166E #586E16

analogous

#162C6E #2C166E #58166E

triadic

#2C166E #6E2C16 #166E2C

tetradic

#2C166E #6E162C #586E16 #166E58

square

#2C166E #6E162C #586E16 #166E58

split-complementary

#2C166E #6E5816 #2C6E16

monochromatic

#0A051A #180C3B #2C166E #4020A1 #552AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.51

#2C166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2C166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C166E

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C166E	1.00	14.51	1.45	14.51
#FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.140 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5699',
    500: '#2c166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c166e;
$custom-light: #6e5699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29736,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C166E

secondary

#8AA43C

accent

#EA3EBF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C166E

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

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