#2E165E#2E165E

#2E165E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.120 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E165E
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.29, 30.41, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.29, 49.13, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.32% 0.0453 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(28.32% 0.12 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4334, 1.9627, 10.7854)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E165E #465E16

analogous

#16225E #2E165E #52165E

triadic

#2E165E #5E2E16 #165E2E

tetradic

#2E165E #5E1622 #465E16 #165E52

square

#2E165E #5E1622 #465E16 #165E52

split-complementary

#2E165E #5E5216 #225E16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #160A2C #2E165E #462290 #5F2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.08

#2E165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2E165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E165E

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E165E	1.00	15.08	1.39	15.08
#FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.120 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c558c',
    500: '#2e165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e165e;
$custom-light: #6c558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28322,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E165E

secondary

#77953B

accent

#E543AF

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E165E

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

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