#2C182E#2C182E

#2C182E is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.049 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C182E
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 46)
HSL	hsl(295, 31%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(295, 48%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 47.8%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.86, 14.59, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.86, 18.08, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0397 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.049 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8584, 1.3861, 2.7539)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C182E #1A2E18

analogous

#21182E #2C182E #2E1825

triadic

#2C182E #2E2C18 #182E2C

tetradic

#2C182E #2E2118 #1A2E18 #18252E

square

#2C182E #2E2118 #1A2E18 #18252E

split-complementary

#2C182E #252E18 #182E21

monochromatic

#130A14 #130A14 #2C182E #522D56 #79427E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#2C182E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#2C182E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C182E

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C182E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C182E	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B202D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1A20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c182e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.049 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655566',
    500: '#2c182e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c182e;
$custom-light: #655566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c182e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24611,
    "c": 0.04924,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C182E

secondary

#42633F

accent

#C8606A

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE8EB

border

#C6C4C6

text

#060306

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C182E

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

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