#281868#281868

#281868 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.131 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281868
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 104)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, 31.43, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 54.10, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.99% 0.0313 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(28.99% 0.131 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6996, 2.1036, 13.3051)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281868 #586818

analogous

#183068 #281868 #501868

triadic

#281868 #682818 #186828

tetradic

#281868 #681830 #586818 #186850

square

#281868 #681830 #586818 #186850

split-complementary

#281868 #685018 #306818

monochromatic

#0A0619 #150D36 #281868 #3B239A #4E2FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#281868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281868 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281868

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281868	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.131 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5794',
    500: '#281868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281868;
$custom-light: #6b5794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28985,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281868

secondary

#8B9E3E

accent

#E642C5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F1

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281868

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

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