#2B177E#2B177E

#2B177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.159 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B177E
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 39.45, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 66.99, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0305 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.159 281)
XYZ	xyz(5.0674, 2.6324, 19.9757)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B177E #6A7E17

analogous

#17377E #2B177E #5F177E

triadic

#2B177E #7E2B17 #177E2B

tetradic

#2B177E #7E1737 #6A7E17 #177E5F

square

#2B177E #7E1737 #6A7E17 #177E5F

split-complementary

#2B177E #7E5F17 #377E17

monochromatic

#09051A #190E4A #2B177E #3D20B2 #5535DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#2B177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2B177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B177E

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B177E	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.159 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a4',
    500: '#2b177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b177e;
$custom-light: #7158a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.65,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31515,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.02633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B177E

secondary

#9CB33E

accent

#EC3CCA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B177E

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

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