#2C177E#2C177E

#2C177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.159 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C177E
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, 39.56, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 66.93, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.0321 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.159 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1098, 2.6542, 19.9777)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C177E #697E17

analogous

#17367E #2C177E #60177E

triadic

#2C177E #7E2C17 #177E2C

tetradic

#2C177E #7E1736 #697E17 #177E60

square

#2C177E #7E1736 #697E17 #177E60

split-complementary

#2C177E #7E6017 #367E17

monochromatic

#09051A #1A0E4A #2C177E #3E20B2 #5735DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#2C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C177E

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C177E	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.159 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7158a4',
    500: '#2c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c177e;
$custom-light: #7158a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.233,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31605,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C177E

secondary

#9BB33E

accent

#EC3CC8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C177E

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