#2E2838#2E2838

#2E2838 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.030 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2838
RGB	rgb(46, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(263, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.39, 6.74, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.39, 11.47, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% 0.0157 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.03 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.5992, 2.3839, 4.0638)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2838 #323828

analogous

#282A38 #2E2838 #362838

triadic

#2E2838 #382E28 #28382E

tetradic

#2E2838 #38282A #323828 #283836

square

#2E2838 #38282A #323828 #283836

split-complementary

#2E2838 #383628 #2A3828

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #110F14 #2E2838 #4B425C #695B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#2E2838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2E2838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2838

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2838	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.030 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67616e',
    500: '#2e2838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2838;
$custom-light: #67616e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2904,
    "c": 0.0298,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2838

secondary

#616953

accent

#B96E9D

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#060507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2838

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

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