#281A30#281A30

#281A30 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.045 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A30
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 48)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(278, 46%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.98, 12.13, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.98, 17.05, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0304 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.045 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7779, 1.4033, 2.9729)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A30 #22301A

analogous

#1D1A30 #281A30 #301A2D

triadic

#281A30 #30281A #1A3028

tetradic

#281A30 #301D1A #22301A #1A2D30

square

#281A30 #301D1A #22301A #1A2D30

split-complementary

#281A30 #2D301A #1A301D

monochromatic

#110B14 #110B14 #281A30 #493058 #6A457F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.40

#281A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A30

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A30	1.00	16.40	1.28	16.40
#FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19202F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.045 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625668',
    500: '#281a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a30;
$custom-light: #625668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24607,
    "c": 0.04488,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A30

secondary

#4E6442

accent

#C66286

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A30

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

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