#2C176C#2C176C

#2C176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.137 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C176C
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 33.90, -45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 56.82, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0375 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.137 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0511, 2.2307, 14.4016)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C176C #576C17

analogous

#172C6C #2C176C #56176C

triadic

#2C176C #6C2C17 #176C2C

tetradic

#2C176C #6C172C #576C17 #176C56

square

#2C176C #6C172C #576C17 #176C56

split-complementary

#2C176C #6C5617 #2C6C17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #170C3A #2C176C #41229E #552CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#2C176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2C176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C176C

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C176C	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.137 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5797',
    500: '#2c176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c176c;
$custom-light: #6e5797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.824,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29659,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C176C

secondary

#89A23D

accent

#E840BE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C176C

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

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