#2E169E#2E169E

#2E169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.197 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E169E
RGB	rgb(46, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 49.81, -67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 84.03, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0251 -0.1955)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.197 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5832, 3.6226, 32.6407)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E169E #869E16

analogous

#16429E #2E169E #72169E

triadic

#2E169E #9E2E16 #169E2E

tetradic

#2E169E #9E1642 #869E16 #169E72

square

#2E169E #9E1642 #869E16 #169E72

split-complementary

#2E169E #9E7216 #429E16

monochromatic

#0F0733 #1E0F68 #2E169E #3E1DD4 #6449E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#2E169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#2E169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E169E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E169E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.197 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795abc',
    500: '#2e169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e169e;
$custom-light: #795abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35351,
    "c": 0.19709,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E169E

secondary

#B1C749

accent

#F236D1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E169E

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

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