#2E159E#2E159E

#2E159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.198 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E159E
RGB	rgb(46, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 50.20, -67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 84.44, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0254 -0.1961)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.198 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5644, 3.5851, 32.6345)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E159E #859E15

analogous

#15409E #2E159E #72159E

triadic

#2E159E #9E2E15 #159E2E

tetradic

#2E159E #9E1540 #859E15 #159E72

square

#2E159E #9E1540 #859E15 #159E72

split-complementary

#2E159E #9E7215 #409E15

monochromatic

#0F0732 #1E0E68 #2E159E #3E1CD4 #6447E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#2E159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2E159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E159E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E159E	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.198 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959bc',
    500: '#2e159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e159e;
$custom-light: #7959bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.949,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35261,
    "c": 0.19775,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E159E

secondary

#B0C747

accent

#F335D0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E159E

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

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