#2C196D#2C196D

#2C196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.136 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C196D
RGB	rgb(44, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, 33.10, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 56.21, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(30.04% 0.0356 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(30.04% 0.136 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1458, 2.3346, 14.6972)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C196D #5A6D19

analogous

#19306D #2C196D #56196D

triadic

#2C196D #6D2C19 #196D2C

tetradic

#2C196D #6D1930 #5A6D19 #196D56

square

#2C196D #6D1930 #5A6D19 #196D56

split-complementary

#2C196D #6D5619 #306D19

monochromatic

#0A0619 #180E3B #2C196D #40249F #5531D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#2C196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#2C196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C196D

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C196D	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.136 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5898',
    500: '#2c196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c196d;
$custom-light: #6e5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.571,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30042,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C196D

secondary

#8CA23F

accent

#E642C1

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C196D

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

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