#281A34#281A34

#281A34 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.051 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A34
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 52)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 50%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.21, 13.26, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.21, 19.66, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(24.85% 0.0314 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(24.85% 0.051 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8642, 1.4379, 3.4275)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A34 #26341A

analogous

#1B1A34 #281A34 #341A33

triadic

#281A34 #34281A #1A3428

tetradic

#281A34 #341B1A #26341A #1A3334

square

#281A34 #341B1A #26341A #1A3334

split-complementary

#281A34 #33341A #1A341B

monochromatic

#100A14 #100A14 #281A34 #472E5D #674386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#281A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A34

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A34	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#141F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.051 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62566b',
    500: '#281a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a34;
$custom-light: #62566b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24854,
    "c": 0.05111,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A34

secondary

#536941

accent

#C95E90

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A34

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

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