#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
RGBrgb(44, 22, 201)
HSLhsl(247, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(247, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(78.1%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(27.64, 61.78, -84.66)
CIE-LCHlch(27.64, 104.81, 306.12°)
OKLaboklab(40.42% 0.0089 -0.2447)
OKLCHoklch(40.42% 0.245 272.1)
XYZxyz(11.8647, 5.3250, 55.6495)
Luminance0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##2C16C91.0010.172.0710.17
#FFFFFF10.171.0021.001.00
#0000002.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.171.0021.001.00

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

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#2C16C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva