#2C1689#2C1689

#2C1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.173 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1689
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 43.41, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 73.35, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.029 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.173 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8395, 2.9150, 23.9170)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1689 #738916

analogous

#163989 #2C1689 #651689

triadic

#2C1689 #892C16 #16892C

tetradic

#2C1689 #891639 #738916 #168965

square

#2C1689 #891639 #738916 #168965

split-complementary

#2C1689 #896516 #398916

monochromatic

#0A0520 #1B0E54 #2C1689 #3D1EBE #5A3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#2C1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#2C1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1689

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1689	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.173 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7458ad',
    500: '#2c1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1689;
$custom-light: #7458ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32737,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1689

secondary

#A5BD3E

accent

#EF39CC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1689

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

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