#2B177A#2B177A

#2B177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.154 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B177A
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.06, 38.19, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.06, 64.79, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(31.07% 0.0317 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(31.07% 0.154 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8144, 2.5312, 18.6434)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B177A #667A17

analogous

#17347A #2B177A #5C177A

triadic

#2B177A #7A2B17 #177A2B

tetradic

#2B177A #7A1734 #667A17 #177A5C

square

#2B177A #7A1734 #667A17 #177A5C

split-complementary

#2B177A #7A5C17 #347A17

monochromatic

#09051A #190D47 #2B177A #3D21AD #5433D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#2B177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B177A

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B177A	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.154 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a2',
    500: '#2b177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b177a;
$custom-light: #7057a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.121,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3107,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B177A

secondary

#98AF3E

accent

#EB3DC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B177A

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

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