#2C168D#2C168D

#2C168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.178 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C168D
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 44.62, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 75.45, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.0277 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.178 279)
XYZ	xyz(6.1318, 3.0319, 25.4562)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C168D #778D16

analogous

#163C8D #2C168D #67168D

triadic

#2C168D #8D2C16 #168D2C

tetradic

#2C168D #8D163C #778D16 #168D67

square

#2C168D #8D163C #778D16 #168D67

split-complementary

#2C168D #8D6716 #3C8D16

monochromatic

#0B0523 #1B0E58 #2C168D #3D1EC2 #5B3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#2C168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2C168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C168D

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C168D	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.178 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7558b0',
    500: '#2c168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c168d;
$custom-light: #7558b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33199,
    "c": 0.17787,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.03032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C168D

secondary

#A8C13E

accent

#F038CE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C168D

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

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