#2E178B#2E178B

#2E178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.174 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E178B
RGB	rgb(46, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.27, 43.75, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.27, 73.79, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.031 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.174 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0918, 3.0572, 24.6902)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E178B #748B17

analogous

#173A8B #2E178B #68178B

triadic

#2E178B #8B2E17 #178B2E

tetradic

#2E178B #8B173A #748B17 #178B68

square

#2E178B #8B173A #748B17 #178B68

split-complementary

#2E178B #8B6817 #3A8B17

monochromatic

#0B0622 #1D0E56 #2E178B #3F20C0 #5D3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#2E178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2E178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E178B

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E178B	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.174 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559ae',
    500: '#2e178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e178b;
$custom-light: #7559ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.897,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33245,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E178B

secondary

#A5BF3F

accent

#EE39CA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E178B

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

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