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#2E00A0 — Vivid Purple

#2E00A0 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #2E00A0 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#2E00A0 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #719E00; it also sits naturally between #00229E and #7C009E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2E00A0 · RGB 46, 0, 160

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Color values

HEX#2E00A0
RGB46, 0, 160
HSL257°, 100%, 31%
HSV257°, 100%, 63%
CMYK71%, 100%, 0%, 37%
XYZ7.47, 3.12, 33.47
Yxy3.12, 0.1696, 0.0708
CIE-Lab20.51, 56.80, -72.02
Hunter Lab17.66, 46.28, -104.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 0% · Blue 63%

Cyan 71% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 37%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #2E00A0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2E00A0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2E00A0

.text { color: #2E00A0; }
.background { background-color: #2E00A0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2E00A0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 0, 160); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 100%, 31%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2E00A0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 0, 160, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2E00A0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 0, 160, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2E00A0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2E00A0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2E00A0

#28008F#260085#210075#1D0066#1A005C#16004D#11003D#0D002E#0A0024#060014

Tints of #2E00A0

#3700C2#4000E0#4C05FF#6224FF#7B47FF#9166FF#AB8AFF#C1A8FF#DACCFF#F0EBFF

Tones of #2E00A0

#320B93#371787#3C227C#402D71#453866#4A445A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #719E00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.93:1 AAA
Against black text1.62:1 Fails

Best text color on #2E00A0: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2E00A0

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #2E00A0: ·

How #2E00A0 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #1A1A79Deuteranopia · #1D2070Tritanopia · #2C5B54

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Tailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2E00A0 rather than the exact color:

Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Palette 1a05a2
#1A05A2 · #8F0177 · #DE1A58 · #F67D31
Gentle Ruby Cinder
#978AEA · #241297 · #190E5D · #10083F
Rustic Canyon
#38179F · #9C74EB · #C1E650 · #E0F0BA
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5
Wild Mosaic
#2E19A9 · #E0462B · #1ECD38 · #D9D3F4

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#1F06AC#1A05A2#241297#38179F#3917A7#2E19A9#2F0C88#450693#301CA0#360185#2E1A95#3F179E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2E009F  ·  #2E00A1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2E00A0?

#2E00A0 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 46, 0, 160). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2E00A0?

#2E00A0 is RGB 46, 0, 160 — HSL 257°, 100%, 31% — CMYK 71%, 100%, 0%, 37%.

What colors go with #2E00A0?

Its complement is #719E00; analogous partners are #00229E and #7C009E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2E00A0 for text?

White text on #2E00A0 has a contrast ratio of 12.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.62:1.