#2C176B#2C176B

#2C176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.135 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C176B
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.55, 33.58, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.55, 56.25, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0378 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.135 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9981, 2.2096, 14.1229)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C176B #566B17

analogous

#172C6B #2C176B #56176B

triadic

#2C176B #6B2C17 #176B2C

tetradic

#2C176B #6B172C #566B17 #176B56

square

#2C176B #6B172C #566B17 #176B56

split-complementary

#2C176B #6B5617 #2C6B17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C39 #2C176B #41229D #552DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#2C176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2C176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C176B

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C176B	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.135 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5796',
    500: '#2c176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c176b;
$custom-light: #6d5796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29554,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C176B

secondary

#88A13D

accent

#E840BE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C176B

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

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