#2C1779#2C1779

#2C1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.153 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1779
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 38.00, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 64.17, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(31.05% 0.0336 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(31.05% 0.153 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7952, 2.5284, 18.3208)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1779 #647917

analogous

#173379 #2C1779 #5D1779

triadic

#2C1779 #792C17 #17792C

tetradic

#2C1779 #791733 #647917 #17795D

square

#2C1779 #791733 #647917 #17795D

split-complementary

#2C1779 #795D17 #337917

monochromatic

#09051A #190D46 #2C1779 #3F21AC #5632D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#2C1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2C1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1779

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1779	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.153 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a1',
    500: '#2c1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1779;
$custom-light: #7057a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31053,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1779

secondary

#96AE3E

accent

#EB3DC6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1779

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

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