#2C16C9#2C16C9

#2C16C9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.245 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C16C9
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(247, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(247, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 61.78, -84.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 104.81, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0089 -0.2447)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.245 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8647, 5.3250, 55.6495)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C16C9 #B3C916

analogous

#1659C9 #2C16C9 #8516C9

triadic

#2C16C9 #C92C16 #16C92C

tetradic

#2C16C9 #C91659 #B3C916 #16C985

square

#2C16C9 #C91659 #B3C916 #16C985

split-complementary

#2C16C9 #C98516 #59C916

monochromatic

#140A5B #201092 #2C16C9 #4A33E9 #7B6BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#2C16C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#2C16C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C16C9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C16C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C16C9	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c16c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.245 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835edb',
    500: '#2c16c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c16c9;
$custom-light: #835edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c16c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.374,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40425,
    "c": 0.24486,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C16C9

secondary

#C7D467

accent

#F731DE

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1EAFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C16C9

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

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