#281A32#281A32

#281A32 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.048 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A32
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 50)
HSL	hsl(275, 32%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(275, 48%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 48%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.09, 12.69, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.09, 18.35, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(24.73% 0.0309 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(24.73% 0.048 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8201, 1.4202, 3.1952)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A32 #24321A

analogous

#1C1A32 #281A32 #321A30

triadic

#281A32 #32281A #1A3228

tetradic

#281A32 #321C1A #24321A #1A3032

square

#281A32 #321C1A #24321A #1A3032

split-complementary

#281A32 #30321A #1A321C

monochromatic

#100A14 #100A14 #281A32 #482F5A #684483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.36

#281A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A32

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A32	1.00	16.36	1.28	16.36
#FFFFFF	16.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.048 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62566a',
    500: '#281a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a32;
$custom-light: #62566a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24728,
    "c": 0.04798,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A32

secondary

#516641

accent

#C8608B

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A32

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

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