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#2E00A6 — Vivid Purple

#2E00A6 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 #2E00A6 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.

#2E00A6 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 #79A800; it also sits naturally between #0024A8 and #8400A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2E00A6 · RGB 46, 0, 166

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Color values

HEX#2E00A6
RGB46, 0, 166
HSL257°, 100%, 33%
HSV257°, 100%, 65%
CMYK72%, 100%, 0%, 35%
XYZ8.01, 3.33, 36.30
Yxy3.33, 0.1681, 0.0700
CIE-Lab21.33, 58.28, -74.31
Hunter Lab18.26, 48.07, -110.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 0% · Blue 65%

Cyan 72% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 35%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2E00A6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2E00A6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2E00A6

.text { color: #2E00A6; }
.background { background-color: #2E00A6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2E00A6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(46, 0, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2E00A6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(46, 0, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2E00A6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(46, 0, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2E00A6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2E00A6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2E00A6

#2B0099#27008A#23007A#1E006B#1B0061#170052#130042#0E0033#0A0024#060014

Tints of #2E00A6

#3800C7#4200EB#500AFF#6529FF#7F4DFF#956BFF#AB8AFF#C1A8FF#DACCFF#F0EBFF

Tones of #2E00A6

#350C9D#3A1890#3F2484#443078#4A3C6D#4F4860

Color harmonies

Complementary — #79A800:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.60:1 AAA
Against black text1.67:1 Fails

Best text color on #2E00A6: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2E00A6

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 #2E00A6: ·

How #2E00A6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #1A1A7EDeuteranopia · #1D2074Tritanopia · #2C5E57

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 #2E00A6 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#1F06AC#1A05A2#2E19A9#241297#3917A7#38179F#3E15AC#2919B2#301CA0#3A18B2#3F179E#11009E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2E00A5  ·  #2E00A7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2E00A6?

#2E00A6 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 46, 0, 166). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2E00A6?

#2E00A6 is RGB 46, 0, 166 — HSL 257°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 72%, 100%, 0%, 35%.

What colors go with #2E00A6?

Its complement is #79A800; analogous partners are #0024A8 and #8400A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2E00A6 for text?

White text on #2E00A6 has a contrast ratio of 12.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.67:1.