#2C16B3#2C16B3

#2C16B3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.221 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C16B3
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(248, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 55.69, -76.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 94.47, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0154 -0.2205)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.221 274)
XYZ	xyz(9.4596, 4.3630, 42.9827)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C16B3 #9DB316

analogous

#164EB3 #2C16B3 #7B16B3

triadic

#2C16B3 #B32C16 #16B32C

tetradic

#2C16B3 #B3164E #9DB316 #16B37B

square

#2C16B3 #B3164E #9DB316 #16B37B

split-complementary

#2C16B3 #B37B16 #4EB316

monochromatic

#110946 #1F0F7C #2C16B3 #3D22E4 #6D59EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#2C16B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#2C16B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C16B3

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C16B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C16B3	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0034B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c16b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.221 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ccb',
    500: '#2c16b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c16b3;
$custom-light: #7d5ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c16b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.408,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37731,
    "c": 0.22107,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.04364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C16B3

secondary

#BDCE57

accent

#F533DA

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0414

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C16B3

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

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