#2C187E#2C187E

#2C187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.158 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C187E
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.78, 39.06, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.78, 66.40, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.0315 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.158 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1301, 2.6947, 19.9844)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C187E #6A7E18

analogous

#18377E #2C187E #5F187E

triadic

#2C187E #7E2C18 #187E2C

tetradic

#2C187E #7E1837 #6A7E18 #187E5F

square

#2C187E #7E1837 #6A7E18 #187E5F

split-complementary

#2C187E #7E5F18 #377E18

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0E4B #2C187E #3E22B1 #5737D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#2C187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#2C187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C187E

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C187E	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.158 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a4',
    500: '#2c187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c187e;
$custom-light: #7158a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31727,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C187E

secondary

#9CB23F

accent

#EB3DC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C187E

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

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