#281834#281834

#281834 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.055 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281834
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 52)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 53.8%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.64, 14.68, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.64, 21.28, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(24.43% 0.035 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(24.43% 0.055 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8214, 1.3523, 3.4132)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281834 #243418

analogous

#1A1834 #281834 #341832

triadic

#281834 #342818 #183428

tetradic

#281834 #341A18 #243418 #183234

square

#281834 #341A18 #243418 #183234

split-complementary

#281834 #323418 #18341A

monochromatic

#100A15 #100A15 #281834 #482B5E #683F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.53

#281834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281834

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281834	1.00	16.53	1.27	16.53
#FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#111E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261C23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.055 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63556b',
    500: '#281834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281834;
$custom-light: #63556b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24425,
    "c": 0.05538,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281834

secondary

#516A3E

accent

#CD5B8C

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE8EB

border

#C6C4C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281834

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

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