#281832#281832

#281832 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.052 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281832
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 50)
HSL	hsl(277, 35%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 52%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.52, 14.11, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.52, 19.99, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(24.3% 0.0346 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(24.3% 0.052 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7773, 1.3347, 3.1810)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281832 #223218

analogous

#1B1832 #281832 #32182F

triadic

#281832 #322818 #183228

tetradic

#281832 #321B18 #223218 #182F32

square

#281832 #321B18 #223218 #182F32

split-complementary

#281832 #2F3218 #18321B

monochromatic

#110A15 #110A15 #281832 #492C5B #6A4085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.57

#281832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281832

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281832	1.00	16.57	1.27	16.57
#FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.052 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62556a',
    500: '#281832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281832;
$custom-light: #62556a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24295,
    "c": 0.05235,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281832

secondary

#4E673F

accent

#CB5D87

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE8EB

border

#C6C4C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281832

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

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