#2C178B#2C178B

#2C178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.175 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C178B
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 43.56, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 73.93, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% 0.0279 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.175 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0038, 3.0118, 24.6860)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C178B #768B17

analogous

#173C8B #2C178B #66178B

triadic

#2C178B #8B2C17 #178B2C

tetradic

#2C178B #8B173C #768B17 #178B66

square

#2C178B #8B173C #768B17 #178B66

split-complementary

#2C178B #8B6617 #3C8B17

monochromatic

#0B0622 #1B0E56 #2C178B #3D20C0 #5B3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#2C178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#2C178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C178B

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C178B	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.175 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7459ae',
    500: '#2c178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c178b;
$custom-light: #7459ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33076,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C178B

secondary

#A7BF3F

accent

#EE39CE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C178B

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

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