#2C187C#2C187C

#2C187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.156 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C187C
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.56, 38.43, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.56, 65.30, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0321 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.156 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0023, 2.6436, 19.3115)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C187C #687C18

analogous

#18367C #2C187C #5E187C

triadic

#2C187C #7C2C18 #187C2C

tetradic

#2C187C #7C1836 #687C18 #187C5E

square

#2C187C #7C1836 #687C18 #187C5E

split-complementary

#2C187C #7C5E18 #367C18

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0E49 #2C187C #3E22AF #5736D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#2C187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2C187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C187C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C187C	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.156 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a3',
    500: '#2c187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c187c;
$custom-light: #7158a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31507,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C187C

secondary

#9AB13F

accent

#EA3DC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C187C

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

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