#2C177D#2C177D

#2C177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.158 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C177D
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 39.25, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 66.38, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0324 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.158 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0456, 2.6286, 19.6395)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C177D #687D17

analogous

#17357D #2C177D #5F177D

triadic

#2C177D #7D2C17 #177D2C

tetradic

#2C177D #7D1735 #687D17 #177D5F

square

#2C177D #7D1735 #687D17 #177D5F

split-complementary

#2C177D #7D5F17 #357D17

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0D49 #2C177D #3E21B1 #5735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#2C177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2C177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C177D

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C177D	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.158 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a4',
    500: '#2c177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c177d;
$custom-light: #7158a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31494,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C177D

secondary

#9AB23E

accent

#EC3CC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C177D

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

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