#2C182A#2C182A

#2C182A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.044 H 330.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C182A
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 42)
HSL	hsl(306, 29%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(306, 45%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 4.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.66, 13.63, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.66, 15.83, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(24.39% 0.0384 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(24.39% 0.044 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7832, 1.3560, 2.3578)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C182A #182C1A

analogous

#24182C #2C182A #2C1820

triadic

#2C182A #2A2C18 #182A2C

tetradic

#2C182A #2C2418 #182C1A #18202C

square

#2C182A #2C2418 #182C1A #18202C

split-complementary

#2C182A #202C18 #182C24

monochromatic

#140B13 #140B13 #2C182A #542E50 #7B4376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.52

#2C182A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#2C182A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C182A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C182A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C182A	1.00	16.52	1.27	16.52
#FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E191F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c182a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.044 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655563',
    500: '#2c182a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c182a;
$custom-light: #655563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c182a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24392,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C182A

secondary

#3F6043

accent

#C66C62

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE8EA

border

#C6C4C6

text

#060305

muted

#7A7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C182A

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