#2C179F#2C179F

#2C179F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.198 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C179F
RGB	rgb(44, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(249, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 49.55, -68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 84.24, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0215 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.198 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6011, 3.6507, 33.0982)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C179F #8A9F17

analogous

#17469F #2C179F #70179F

triadic

#2C179F #9F2C17 #179F2C

tetradic

#2C179F #9F1746 #8A9F17 #179F70

square

#2C179F #9F1746 #8A9F17 #179F70

split-complementary

#2C179F #9F7017 #469F17

monochromatic

#0E0834 #1D0F6A #2C179F #3B1FD4 #634BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#2C179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#2C179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C179F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C179F	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.198 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795abd',
    500: '#2c179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c179f;
$custom-light: #795abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.265,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35414,
    "c": 0.19803,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C179F

secondary

#B4C74B

accent

#F136D4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C179F

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

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