#2C178C#2C178C

#2C178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.176 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C178C
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 43.87, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 74.45, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.0276 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.176 279)
XYZ	xyz(6.0772, 3.0412, 25.0726)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C178C #778C17

analogous

#173D8C #2C178C #67178C

triadic

#2C178C #8C2C17 #178C2C

tetradic

#2C178C #8C173D #778C17 #178C67

square

#2C178C #8C173D #778C17 #178C67

split-complementary

#2C178C #8C6717 #3D8C17

monochromatic

#0B0623 #1B0E57 #2C178C #3D20C1 #5B3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#2C178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2C178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C178C

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C178C	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.176 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7459af',
    500: '#2c178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c178c;
$custom-light: #7459af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33191,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.03042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C178C

secondary

#A8BF3F

accent

#EF39CE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C178C

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

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