#2C182C#2C182C

#2C182C is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.047 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C182C
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 44)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(300, 45%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.76, 14.10, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.76, 16.93, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(24.5% 0.0391 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(24.5% 0.047 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8199, 1.3707, 2.5511)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C182C #182C18

analogous

#22182C #2C182C #2C1822

triadic

#2C182C #2C2C18 #182C2C

tetradic

#2C182C #2C2218 #182C18 #18222C

square

#2C182C #2C2218 #182C18 #18222C

split-complementary

#2C182C #222C18 #182C22

monochromatic

#140B14 #140B14 #2C182C #542E54 #7B437B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#2C182C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#2C182C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C182C

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C182C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C182C	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1A20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c182c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.047 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655565',
    500: '#2c182c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c182c;
$custom-light: #655565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c182c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24499,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C182C

secondary

#3F603F

accent

#C66262

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE8EB

border

#C6C4C6

text

#060305

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C182C

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

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