#2E188B#2E188B

#2E188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.173 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E188B
RGB	rgb(46, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(251, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.43, 43.29, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.43, 73.31, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0305 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.173 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1121, 3.0977, 24.6969)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E188B #758B18

analogous

#183C8B #2E188B #68188B

triadic

#2E188B #8B2E18 #188B2E

tetradic

#2E188B #8B183C #758B18 #188B68

square

#2E188B #8B183C #758B18 #188B68

split-complementary

#2E188B #8B6818 #3C8B18

monochromatic

#0B0623 #1D0F57 #2E188B #3F21BF #5E3FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#2E188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#2E188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E188B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E188B	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.173 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7559ae',
    500: '#2e188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e188b;
$custom-light: #7559ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33355,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E188B

secondary

#A6BE40

accent

#ED3ACB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E188B

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

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