#2E165C#2E165C

#2E165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.117 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E165C
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.10, 29.80, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.10, 47.94, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(28.13% 0.0458 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(28.13% 0.117 293)
XYZ	xyz(3.3449, 1.9273, 10.3189)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E165C #445C16

analogous

#16215C #2E165C #51165C

triadic

#2E165C #5C2E16 #165C2E

tetradic

#2E165C #5C1621 #445C16 #165C51

square

#2E165C #5C1621 #445C16 #165C51

split-complementary

#2E165C #5C5116 #215C16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #150A2B #2E165C #47228D #5F2EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#2E165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2E165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E165C

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E165C	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.117 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c558b',
    500: '#2e165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e165c;
$custom-light: #6c558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28129,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.01927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E165C

secondary

#75933B

accent

#E543AD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E165C

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

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