#2D178E#2D178E

#2D178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.178 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D178E
RGB	rgb(45, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.53, 44.57, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.53, 75.44, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0285 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.178 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2695, 3.1231, 25.8584)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D178E #788E17

analogous

#173D8E #2D178E #68178E

triadic

#2D178E #8E2D17 #178E2D

tetradic

#2D178E #8E173D #788E17 #178E68

square

#2D178E #8E173D #788E17 #178E68

split-complementary

#2D178E #8E6817 #3D8E17

monochromatic

#0C0625 #1C0E59 #2D178E #3E20C3 #5D3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#2D178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#2D178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D178E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D178E	1.00	12.92	1.62	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.178 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559b0',
    500: '#2d178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d178e;
$custom-light: #7559b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33504,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D178E

secondary

#A9C040

accent

#EF39CD

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D178E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →