#2C178F#2C178F

#2C178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.179 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C178F
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 44.78, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 76.03, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0266 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.179 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3014, 3.1309, 26.2535)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C178F #7A8F17

analogous

#173E8F #2C178F #68178F

triadic

#2C178F #8F2C17 #178F2C

tetradic

#2C178F #8F173E #7A8F17 #178F68

square

#2C178F #8F173E #7A8F17 #178F68

split-complementary

#2C178F #8F6817 #3E8F17

monochromatic

#0C0626 #1C0F5A #2C178F #3C1FC4 #5C40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#2C178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#2C178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C178F

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C178F	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.179 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559b1',
    500: '#2c178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c178f;
$custom-light: #7559b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33537,
    "c": 0.17945,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C178F

secondary

#AAC141

accent

#EF39CF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C178F

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

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