#2C176D#2C176D

#2C176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.138 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C176D
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, 34.22, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 57.40, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(29.76% 0.0372 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(29.76% 0.138 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1046, 2.2522, 14.6835)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C176D #586D17

analogous

#172D6D #2C176D #57176D

triadic

#2C176D #6D2C17 #176D2C

tetradic

#2C176D #6D172D #586D17 #176D57

square

#2C176D #6D172D #586D17 #176D57

split-complementary

#2C176D #6D5717 #2D6D17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #180C3A #2C176D #4022A0 #552CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#2C176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2C176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C176D

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C176D	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.138 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5798',
    500: '#2c176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c176d;
$custom-light: #6e5798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.651,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29764,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C176D

secondary

#8AA33D

accent

#E840BF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C176D

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

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