#281A35#281A35

#281A35 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.053 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A35
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 53)
HSL	hsl(271, 34%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 51%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.27, 13.55, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.27, 20.32, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(24.92% 0.0316 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(24.92% 0.053 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8869, 1.4470, 3.5474)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A35 #27351A

analogous

#1A1A35 #281A35 #351A34

triadic

#281A35 #35281A #1A3528

tetradic

#281A35 #351A1A #27351A #1A3435

square

#281A35 #351A1A #27351A #1A3435

split-complementary

#281A35 #34351A #1A351A

monochromatic

#0F0A15 #0F0A15 #281A35 #472E5E #664287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.29

#281A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A35

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A35	1.00	16.29	1.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.053 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62566c',
    500: '#281a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a35;
$custom-light: #62566c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24918,
    "c": 0.05268,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A35

secondary

#556A41

accent

#CA5E92

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A35

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

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