#2E165D#2E165D

#2E165D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.118 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E165D
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.20, 30.10, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.20, 48.54, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.23% 0.0456 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(28.23% 0.118 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.3889, 1.9449, 10.5506)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E165D #455D16

analogous

#16215D #2E165D #52165D

triadic

#2E165D #5D2E16 #165D2E

tetradic

#2E165D #5D1621 #455D16 #165D52

square

#2E165D #5D1621 #455D16 #165D52

split-complementary

#2E165D #5D5216 #215D16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #160A2C #2E165D #46228E #5F2DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#2E165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2E165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E165D

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E165D	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.118 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c558c',
    500: '#2e165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e165d;
$custom-light: #6c558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28225,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E165D

secondary

#76943B

accent

#E543AE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E165D

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

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