#2E178A#2E178A

#2E178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.173 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E178A
RGB	rgb(46, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.16, 43.45, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.16, 73.26, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0313 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.173 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0191, 3.0281, 24.3071)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E178A #738A17

analogous

#173A8A #2E178A #68178A

triadic

#2E178A #8A2E17 #178A2E

tetradic

#2E178A #8A173A #738A17 #178A68

square

#2E178A #8A173A #738A17 #178A68

split-complementary

#2E178A #8A6817 #3A8A17

monochromatic

#0B0621 #1D0E56 #2E178A #3F20BE #5D3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#2E178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2E178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E178A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E178A	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.173 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559ad',
    500: '#2e178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e178a;
$custom-light: #7559ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33132,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E178A

secondary

#A4BE3F

accent

#EE3ACA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E178A

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

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