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#2d033c

a deep, electric violet · cool · closest name: Midnight Blue

Token name suggestion: Midnight Plum

RGB
45, 3, 60
HSL
284°, 91%, 12%
CMYK
25, 95, 0, 77
Luminance
0.0095

#2d033c is a deep electric violet, 284° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (17.65:1). As text it scores 17.65:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Midnight Blue, nearest Tailwind family is gray.

hsl(284 91% 12%)rgb(45 3 60)Base step 950AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2d033c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2d033c
Hue
284°
violet
Saturation
91%
electric
Lightness
12%
deep
Brightness
24%
HSV value
Perceived
13%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0095
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
17.65:1
Closest name
Midnight Blue
ΔE2000 12.5
Chroma
40.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.226
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
gray
500 · ΔE 34.7
Web-safe
#330033
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue284° of 360°
Saturation91%
Lightness12%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2d033c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red59%
Green7%
Blue34%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#2d033c
HEX (8-digit)#2d033cff
RGBrgb(45, 3, 60)
RGBArgba(45, 3, 60, 1)
HSLhsl(284, 91%, 12%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 95%, 24%)
HWBhwb(284 1% 76%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 95%, 0%, 77%)
LABlab(8.6 30.5 -26.1)
LCHlch(8.6 40.1 319.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.226 0.104 314.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(1.93, 0.95, 4.36)
Decimal2949948
Display P3color(display-p3 0.176 0.012 0.235)
Web-safe#330033

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2d033c;
background-color: #2d033c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2d033c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2d033c] bg-[#2d033c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2d033c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.176, green: 0.012, blue: 0.235)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.176, green: 0.012, blue: 0.235, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2D033C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2D033C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2D033C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(60, 3, 45)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(45, 3, 60)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(45, 3, 60)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 45, 3, 60)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1765f, 0.0118f, 0.2353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{45,3,60}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2d033c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2d033c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B0679, #E7D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2d033c h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF2FD;
  --brand-100: #F5E5FB;
  --brand-200: #EAC3F9;
  --brand-300: #DF94FA;
  --brand-400: #CF5FF7;
  --brand-500: #BF29F4;
  --brand-600: #AF0CE9;
  --brand-700: #920AC2;
  --brand-800: #75089B;
  --brand-900: #550A70;
  --brand-950: #2d033c;
  --brand: #2d033c;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E1C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #14011A;
  --brand-pressed: #000000;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E7D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF2FD',
        100: '#F5E5FB',
        200: '#EAC3F9',
        300: '#DF94FA',
        400: '#CF5FF7',
        500: '#BF29F4',
        600: '#AF0CE9',
        700: '#920AC2',
        800: '#75089B',
        900: '#550A70',
        950: '#2d033c',
        DEFAULT: '#2d033c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF2FD,
  '100': #F5E5FB,
  '200': #EAC3F9,
  '300': #DF94FA,
  '400': #CF5FF7,
  '500': #BF29F4,
  '600': #AF0CE9,
  '700': #920AC2,
  '800': #75089B,
  '900': #550A70,
  '950': #2d033c,
);
$brand-base: #2d033c;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E5FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EAC3F9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DF94FA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CF5FF7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BF29F4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AF0CE9", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#920AC2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#75089B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#550A70", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2d033c", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #2d033c · 17.65:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 17.65:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.19:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #2d033c as text scores 17.65:1 on white and 1.19:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F8E7FE at 15.00:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#2d033c · 17.65:1
AA on whitealready passes
#2d033c
The quick fox
#2d033c · 17.65:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#2d033c
The quick fox
#BA18F3 · 4.51:1
AA on black+40% L
#BA18F3
The quick fox
#D26AF8 · 7.16:1
AAA on black+57% L
#D26AF8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2D033C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2d033c on white: 17.65:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2d033c on black: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2d033c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2d033c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White17.65:1AaAa
Slate 5016.87:1AaAa
Slate 10016.11:1AaAa
Slate 20014.32:1AaAa
Slate 30011.89:1AaAa
Slate 4006.88:1AaAa
Slate 5003.71:1AaAa
Slate 6002.33:1AaAa
Slate 7001.70:1AaAa
Slate 8001.21:1AaAa
Slate 9001.01:1AaAa
Black1.19:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #00163D
deuteranopia · #001A3B
tritanopia · #2C1120

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #2d033c is pinned to step 950; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF2FD
#F5E5FB
#EAC3F9
#DF94FA
#CF5FF7
#BF29F4
#AF0CE9
#920AC2
#75089B
#550A70
#2d033c
Base = 950Lightest = 50 · #FAF2FDDarkest = 950 · #2d033cText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.026 314.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 314.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 314.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 314.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.096 314.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.104 314.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.104 314.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.098 314.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 314.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 314.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 314.9);
}

Colors that work with #2d033c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E1C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#864B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#203E02
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B0679
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8E7FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#14011A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#000000
Two steps down
Disabled#61446B
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3E0054
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2d033c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight88/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#123C03
Analogous left#11033C
Analogous right#3C032F
Split-complement 1#2F3C03
Split-complement 2#033C11
Triadic 1#3C2D03
Triadic 2#033C2D
Tetradic#3C1103
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°284°

#2d033c sits at 284°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.6%
Green1.2%
Blue23.5%
R · 0–255
45
0x2d
G · 0–255
3
0x03
B · 0–255
60
0x3c

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.0%
Magenta95.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)76.5%

Total ink coverage is 197%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2d033c text on a black background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

#2d033c text on a white background

contrast 17.65:1

Card sample

#2d033c on grey

16.11:1

#2d033c on its own surface

16.26:1

#2d033c on its dark surface

1.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2d033c;
Background color
Panel with #2d033c background
background-color: #2d033c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2d033c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(45, 3, 60, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(45, 3, 60, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2d033c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d033c, #3C0325);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2d033c, #3C0317);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2d033c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2d033c;
caret-color: #2d033c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2d033c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8E7FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2d033c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2d033c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2d033c over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(45, 3, 60, 0.5)
rgb(45 3 60 / 50%)
#2d033c80
hsl(284 91% 12% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2d033c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2d033c1a#EAE6EC
20%#2d033c33#D5CDD8
40%#2d033c66#AB9AB1
60%#2d033c99#81688A
80%#2d033ccc#573563

Gradients from #2d033c

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #590677, #2d033c 45%, #5B0679);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2d033c, #1F0211);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2d033c, #123C03);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #6F0794 0%, #2d033c 45%, #5B0679 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #15056D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #59043E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B0679 0%, transparent 65%), #2d033c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2d033c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#2d033c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.19:1 — lift it to #BA18F3 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#2d033c, answered

What color is #2d033c?

#2d033c is a deep electric violet, closest to Midnight Blue (ΔE2000 12.5). It sits at 284° on the hue wheel with 91% saturation and 12% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2d033c?

rgb(45, 3, 60) — 45 red, 3 green and 60 blue out of 255, or 17.6% / 1.2% / 23.5% by channel.

What is #2d033c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(284, 91%, 12%) and hsv(284, 95%, 24%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2d033c a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0095 and perceived brightness is 13%, so white text on it reaches 17.65:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2d033c?

White. It scores 17.65:1 against #2d033c, versus 1.19:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #2d033c accessible on a white background?

#2d033c on white scores 17.65:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #2d033c?

#123C03 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2F3C03 and #033C11, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2d033c?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E1C0ED for borders, #864B9B for secondary text, #203E02 as an accent and #5B0679 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #11033C and #3C032F stays calm, while #123C03 is the loudest partner.

What is #2d033c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(25%, 95%, 0%, 77%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #2d033c warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3C0336; nudged cooler, #18023D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2d033c?

The gray family — its 500 step is #6b7280, ΔE2000 34.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2d033c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2d033c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2d033c] or text-[#2d033c], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #2d033c with 50% opacity?

rgba(45, 3, 60, 0.5), or #2d033c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96819E; over black, #17021E.

Is #2d033c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #330033, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2d033c mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #2d033c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #590677, #2d033c 45%, #5B0679). For more colour, a short hue run to #1F0211 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2d033c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2d033c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.