#2C177B#2C177B

#2C177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.155 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C177B
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 38.63, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 65.28, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.033 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.155 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9191, 2.5780, 18.9734)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C177B #667B17

analogous

#17347B #2C177B #5E177B

triadic

#2C177B #7B2C17 #177B2C

tetradic

#2C177B #7B1734 #667B17 #177B5E

square

#2C177B #7B1734 #667B17 #177B5E

split-complementary

#2C177B #7B5E17 #347B17

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0D47 #2C177B #3E21AF #5633D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#2C177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#2C177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C177B

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C177B	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.155 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a2',
    500: '#2c177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c177b;
$custom-light: #7158a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31273,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C177B

secondary

#98B03E

accent

#EB3CC7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C177B

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

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