#2C168E#2C168E

#2C168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.179 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C168E
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.29, 44.92, -61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.29, 75.98, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.32% 0.0274 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(33.32% 0.179 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2065, 3.0618, 25.8498)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C168E #788E16

analogous

#163C8E #2C168E #68168E

triadic

#2C168E #8E2C16 #168E2C

tetradic

#2C168E #8E163C #788E16 #168E68

square

#2C168E #8E163C #788E16 #168E68

split-complementary

#2C168E #8E6816 #3C8E16

monochromatic

#0B0624 #1C0E59 #2C168E #3C1EC3 #5B3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#2C168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2C168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C168E

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C168E	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.179 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7558b0',
    500: '#2c168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c168e;
$custom-light: #7558b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33316,
    "c": 0.17905,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C168E

secondary

#A9C13F

accent

#F038CE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C168E

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

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