#2C177A#2C177A

#2C177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.154 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C177A
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.16, 38.31, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.16, 64.73, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(31.16% 0.0333 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(31.16% 0.154 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8569, 2.5531, 18.6454)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C177A #657A17

analogous

#17337A #2C177A #5D177A

triadic

#2C177A #7A2C17 #177A2C

tetradic

#2C177A #7A1733 #657A17 #177A5D

square

#2C177A #7A1733 #657A17 #177A5D

split-complementary

#2C177A #7A5D17 #337A17

monochromatic

#09051A #190D47 #2C177A #3F21AD #5633D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#2C177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2C177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C177A

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C177A	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.154 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7157a2',
    500: '#2c177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c177a;
$custom-light: #7157a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31162,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C177A

secondary

#97AF3E

accent

#EB3DC6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C177A

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

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