#281A36#281A36

#281A36 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.054 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A36
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 54)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 51.9%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.33, 13.84, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.33, 20.98, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(24.98% 0.0318 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(24.98% 0.054 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9102, 1.4563, 3.6698)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A36 #28361A

analogous

#1A1A36 #281A36 #361A36

triadic

#281A36 #36281A #1A3628

tetradic

#281A36 #361A1A #28361A #1A3636

square

#281A36 #361A1A #28361A #1A3636

split-complementary

#281A36 #36361A #1A361A

monochromatic

#0F0A15 #0F0A15 #281A36 #472E5F #654289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.26

#281A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A36

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A36	1.00	16.26	1.29	16.26
#FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.054 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63566d',
    500: '#281a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a36;
$custom-light: #63566d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24983,
    "c": 0.05425,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A36

secondary

#566B41

accent

#CB5D94

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A36

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

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