#2C175A#2C175A

#2C175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.113 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C175A
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.88, 28.18, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.88, 46.19, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(27.86% 0.0418 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(27.86% 0.113 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1900, 1.8863, 9.8669)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C175A #455A17

analogous

#17245A #2C175A #4E175A

triadic

#2C175A #5A2C17 #175A2C

tetradic

#2C175A #5A1724 #455A17 #175A4E

square

#2C175A #5A1724 #455A17 #175A4E

split-complementary

#2C175A #5A4E17 #245A17

monochromatic

#0C0618 #140B29 #2C175A #44238B #5C30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.25

#2C175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2C175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C175A

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C175A	1.00	15.25	1.38	15.25
#FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.113 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5689',
    500: '#2c175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c175a;
$custom-light: #6a5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27856,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C175A

secondary

#76913C

accent

#E245B1

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C175A

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

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