#2C169D#2C169D

#2C169D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.196 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C169D
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 49.37, -67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 83.66, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0224 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.196 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4094, 3.5429, 32.1851)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C169D #879D16

analogous

#16439D #2C169D #70169D

triadic

#2C169D #9D2C16 #169D2C

tetradic

#2C169D #9D1643 #879D16 #169D70

square

#2C169D #9D1643 #879D16 #169D70

split-complementary

#2C169D #9D7016 #439D16

monochromatic

#0E0732 #1D0E67 #2C169D #3B1ED3 #6248E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#2C169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#2C169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C169D

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C169D	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.196 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785abb',
    500: '#2c169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c169d;
$custom-light: #785abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35081,
    "c": 0.19642,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C169D

secondary

#B2C748

accent

#F236D3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C169D

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

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