#2C197E#2C197E

#2C197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.157 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C197E
RGB	rgb(44, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 38.54, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 65.86, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.0309 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.157 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1510, 2.7367, 19.9914)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C197E #6B7E19

analogous

#19397E #2C197E #5F197E

triadic

#2C197E #7E2C19 #197E2C

tetradic

#2C197E #7E1939 #6B7E19 #197E5F

square

#2C197E #7E1939 #6B7E19 #197E5F

split-complementary

#2C197E #7E5F19 #397E19

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0F4B #2C197E #3E23B1 #573AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#2C197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#2C197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C197E

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C197E	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.157 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7159a4',
    500: '#2c197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c197e;
$custom-light: #7159a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31852,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C197E

secondary

#9DB241

accent

#EA3EC9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C197E

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

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