#2E165B#2E165B

#2E165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.116 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E165B
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.01, 29.49, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.01, 47.35, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(28.03% 0.046 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(28.03% 0.116 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.3014, 1.9099, 10.0902)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E165B #435B16

analogous

#16205B #2E165B #51165B

triadic

#2E165B #5B2E16 #165B2E

tetradic

#2E165B #5B1620 #435B16 #165B51

square

#2E165B #5B1620 #435B16 #165B51

split-complementary

#2E165B #5B5116 #205B16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #150A2A #2E165B #47228C #602EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#2E165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2E165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E165B

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E165B	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.116 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c558a',
    500: '#2e165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e165b;
$custom-light: #6c558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28033,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E165B

secondary

#74923B

accent

#E444AC

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E165B

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

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