#2C197D#2C197D

#2C197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.156 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C197D
RGB	rgb(44, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 38.22, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 65.30, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.74% 0.0311 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(31.74% 0.156 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0868, 2.7110, 19.6533)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C197D #6A7D19

analogous

#19387D #2C197D #5E197D

triadic

#2C197D #7D2C19 #197D2C

tetradic

#2C197D #7D1938 #6A7D19 #197D5E

square

#2C197D #7D1938 #6A7D19 #197D5E

split-complementary

#2C197D #7D5E19 #387D19

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0F4A #2C197D #3E23B0 #5739D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#2C197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#2C197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C197D

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C197D	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.156 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7159a4',
    500: '#2c197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c197d;
$custom-light: #7159a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31743,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C197D

secondary

#9CB140

accent

#EA3EC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C197D

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

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