#2E1559#2E1559

#2E1559 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.114 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E1559
RGB	rgb(46, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.62, 29.45, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.62, 46.77, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% 0.0475 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.114 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1976, 1.8384, 9.6356)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E1559 #405915

analogous

#151E59 #2E1559 #501559

triadic

#2E1559 #592E15 #15592E

tetradic

#2E1559 #59151E #405915 #155950

square

#2E1559 #59151E #405915 #155950

split-complementary

#2E1559 #595015 #1E5915

monochromatic

#0D0619 #140927 #2E1559 #48218B #612CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#2E1559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2E1559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E1559

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E1559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E1559	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e1559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.114 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5589',
    500: '#2e1559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e1559;
$custom-light: #6c5589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e1559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27697,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E1559

secondary

#709139

accent

#E543A9

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E1559

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

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