#2B177B#2B177B

#2B177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.156 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B177B
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 38.51, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 65.34, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(31.18% 0.0314 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(31.18% 0.156 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8767, 2.5561, 18.9714)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B177B #677B17

analogous

#17357B #2B177B #5D177B

triadic

#2B177B #7B2B17 #177B2B

tetradic

#2B177B #7B1735 #677B17 #177B5D

square

#2B177B #7B1735 #677B17 #177B5D

split-complementary

#2B177B #7B5D17 #357B17

monochromatic

#09051A #190D47 #2B177B #3D21AF #5533D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#2B177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2B177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B177B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B177B	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.156 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a2',
    500: '#2b177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b177b;
$custom-light: #7057a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31181,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B177B

secondary

#99B03E

accent

#EB3CC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B177B

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

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