#2C178D#2C178D

#2C178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.177 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C178D
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 44.17, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 74.98, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0273 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.177 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1513, 3.0708, 25.4627)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C178D #788D17

analogous

#173D8D #2C178D #67178D

triadic

#2C178D #8D2C17 #178D2C

tetradic

#2C178D #8D173D #788D17 #178D67

square

#2C178D #8D173D #788D17 #178D67

split-complementary

#2C178D #8D6717 #3D8D17

monochromatic

#0B0624 #1C0E58 #2C178D #3C20C2 #5B3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#2C178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2C178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C178D

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C178D	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.177 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559b0',
    500: '#2c178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c178d;
$custom-light: #7559b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33306,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C178D

secondary

#A9C040

accent

#EF39CE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C178D

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

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