#2C212B#2C212B

#2C212B is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.024 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C212B
RGB	rgb(44, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(305, 14%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(305, 25%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 7.48, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 8.81, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(26.49% 0.0209 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(26.49% 0.024 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.0186, 1.7977, 2.5257)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C212B #212C22

analogous

#28212C #2C212B #2C2125

triadic

#2C212B #2B2C21 #212B2C

tetradic

#2C212B #2C2821 #212C22 #21252C

square

#2C212B #2C2821 #212C22 #21252C

split-complementary

#2C212B #252C21 #212C28

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #2C212B #4F3B4D #72556F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#2C212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#2C212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C212B

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C212B	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21242B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23252B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.024 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655c64',
    500: '#2c212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c212b;
$custom-light: #655c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26486,
    "c": 0.02431,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C212B

secondary

#4C5D4D

accent

#B77771

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C212B

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

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