#2B178C#2B178C

#2B178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.176 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B178C
RGB	rgb(43, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 43.78, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 74.52, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.11% 0.0261 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(33.11% 0.176 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0348, 3.0193, 25.0706)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B178C #788C17

analogous

#173E8C #2B178C #65178C

triadic

#2B178C #8C2B17 #178C2B

tetradic

#2B178C #8C173E #788C17 #178C65

square

#2B178C #8C173E #788C17 #178C65

split-complementary

#2B178C #8C6517 #3E8C17

monochromatic

#0B0623 #1B0E57 #2B178C #3B20C1 #5A3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#2B178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#2B178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B178C

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B178C	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.176 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7459af',
    500: '#2b178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b178c;
$custom-light: #7459af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.256,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33109,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B178C

secondary

#AABF3F

accent

#EF39D0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B178C

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

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