#2C176E#2C176E

#2C176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.139 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C176E
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 34.54, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 57.97, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% 0.0369 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.139 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1587, 2.2738, 14.9686)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C176E #596E17

analogous

#172D6E #2C176E #57176E

triadic

#2C176E #6E2C17 #176E2C

tetradic

#2C176E #6E172D #596E17 #176E57

square

#2C176E #6E172D #596E17 #176E57

split-complementary

#2C176E #6E5717 #2D6E17

monochromatic

#0A0519 #180C3B #2C176E #4022A1 #552CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#2C176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2C176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C176E

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C176E	1.00	14.43	1.45	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.139 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5799',
    500: '#2c176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c176e;
$custom-light: #6e5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29869,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C176E

secondary

#8BA43D

accent

#E83FC0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C176E

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