#2E175F#2E175F

#2E175F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.120 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E175F
RGB	rgb(46, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.59, 30.15, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.59, 49.11, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(28.57% 0.0441 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(28.57% 0.12 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4981, 2.0197, 11.0298)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E175F #485F17

analogous

#17245F #2E175F #52175F

triadic

#2E175F #5F2E17 #175F2E

tetradic

#2E175F #5F1724 #485F17 #175F52

square

#2E175F #5F1724 #485F17 #175F52

split-complementary

#2E175F #5F5217 #245F17

monochromatic

#0C0619 #160B2E #2E175F #462390 #5E2FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#2E175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#2E175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E175F

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E175F	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E2A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.120 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c568d',
    500: '#2e175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e175f;
$custom-light: #6c568d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28565,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E175F

secondary

#79963C

accent

#E444B1

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E175F

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

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