#2E157B#2E157B

#2E157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.157 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E157B
RGB	rgb(46, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(255, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.13, 39.85, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.13, 66.19, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% 0.0375 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.157 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9689, 2.5469, 18.9648)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E157B #627B15

analogous

#152F7B #2E157B #61157B

triadic

#2E157B #7B2E15 #157B2E

tetradic

#2E157B #7B152F #627B15 #157B61

square

#2E157B #7B152F #627B15 #157B61

split-complementary

#2E157B #7B6115 #2F7B15

monochromatic

#0A041A #1A0C47 #2E157B #421EAF #592FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#2E157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#2E157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E157B

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E157B	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.157 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7257a2',
    500: '#2e157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e157b;
$custom-light: #7257a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31226,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E157B

secondary

#94B03B

accent

#EE3AC2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E157B

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

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