#2E168E#2E168E

#2E168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.179 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E168E
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(252, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.47, 45.10, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.47, 75.84, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% 0.0305 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.179 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2946, 3.1071, 25.8540)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E168E #768E16

analogous

#163A8E #2E168E #6A168E

triadic

#2E168E #8E2E16 #168E2E

tetradic

#2E168E #8E163A #768E16 #168E6A

square

#2E168E #8E163A #768E16 #168E6A

split-complementary

#2E168E #8E6A16 #3A8E16

monochromatic

#0C0624 #1D0E59 #2E168E #3F1EC3 #5E3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#2E168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#2E168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E168E

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E168E	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.179 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7659b0',
    500: '#2e168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e168e;
$custom-light: #7659b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33483,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E168E

secondary

#A7C13F

accent

#F038CB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E168E

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

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