#2C283C#2C283C

#2C283C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.036 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C283C
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.36, 7.09, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.36, 14.04, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0143 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.036 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6129, 2.3793, 4.5957)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C283C #383C28

analogous

#282E3C #2C283C #36283C

triadic

#2C283C #3C2C28 #283C2C

tetradic

#2C283C #3C282E #383C28 #283C36

square

#2C283C #3C282E #383C28 #283C36

split-complementary

#2C283C #3C3628 #2E3C28

monochromatic

#0D0C12 #111017 #2C283C #474061 #625985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#2C283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2C283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C283C

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C283C	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292B2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.036 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656171',
    500: '#2c283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c283c;
$custom-light: #656171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29034,
    "c": 0.03635,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C283C

secondary

#686D52

accent

#BD6BAC

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C283C

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

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