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#2E00A3 — Vivid Purple

#2E00A3 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 #2E00A3 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.

#2E00A3 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 #75A300; it also sits naturally between #0023A3 and #8000A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2E00A3 · RGB 46, 0, 163

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Color values

HEX#2E00A3
RGB46, 0, 163
HSL257°, 100%, 32%
HSV257°, 100%, 64%
CMYK72%, 100%, 0%, 36%
XYZ7.74, 3.23, 34.87
Yxy3.23, 0.1688, 0.0704
CIE-Lab20.92, 57.54, -73.17
Hunter Lab17.96, 47.18, -107.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 0% · Blue 64%

Cyan 72% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 36%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2E00A3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2E00A3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2E00A3

.text { color: #2E00A3; }
.background { background-color: #2E00A3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2E00A3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 0, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 100%, 32%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2E00A3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 0, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2E00A3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 0, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2E00A3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2E00A3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2E00A3

#2A0094#260085#23007A#1E006B#1A005C#16004D#11003D#0E0033#0A0024#060014

Tints of #2E00A3

#3700C2#4100E6#4C05FF#6529FF#7B47FF#9166FF#AB8AFF#C1A8FF#DACCFF#F0EBFF

Tones of #2E00A3

#330B98#38188C#3D2380#422F75#473A69#4D465D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #75A300:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.77:1 AAA
Against black text1.65:1 Fails

Best text color on #2E00A3: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2E00A3

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 #2E00A3: ·

How #2E00A3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #1A1A7CDeuteranopia · #1D2072Tritanopia · #2C5C56

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 #2E00A3 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
Wild Mosaic
#2E19A9 · #E0462B · #1ECD38 · #D9D3F4
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5

Similar colors

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

#1F06AC#1A05A2#241297#38179F#2E19A9#3917A7#3E15AC#301CA0#450693#3F179E#11009E#2E1A95

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2E00A2  ·  #2E00A4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2E00A3?

#2E00A3 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 46, 0, 163). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2E00A3?

#2E00A3 is RGB 46, 0, 163 — HSL 257°, 100%, 32% — CMYK 72%, 100%, 0%, 36%.

What colors go with #2E00A3?

Its complement is #75A300; analogous partners are #0023A3 and #8000A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2E00A3 for text?

White text on #2E00A3 has a contrast ratio of 12.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.65:1.