#2E156E#2E156E

#2E156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.141 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E156E
RGB	rgb(46, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.71, 35.89, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.71, 58.98, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.82% 0.0418 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(29.82% 0.141 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2085, 2.2427, 14.9600)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E156E #556E15

analogous

#15286E #2E156E #5A156E

triadic

#2E156E #6E2E15 #156E2E

tetradic

#2E156E #6E1528 #556E15 #156E5A

square

#2E156E #6E1528 #556E15 #156E5A

split-complementary

#2E156E #6E5A15 #286E15

monochromatic

#0B051A #190B3B #2E156E #431FA1 #5929D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#2E156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2E156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E156E

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E156E	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#122E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.141 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5699',
    500: '#2e156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e156e;
$custom-light: #6f5699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.854,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29816,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E156E

secondary

#87A43A

accent

#EB3DBA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E156E

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

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