#281A41#281A41

#281A41 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.072 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A41
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 65)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 60%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.06, 17.22, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.06, 28.26, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(25.76% 0.0333 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(25.76% 0.072 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1984, 1.5715, 5.1875)
Luminance	0.0157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A41 #33411A

analogous

#1A2041 #281A41 #3B1A41

triadic

#281A41 #41281A #1A4128

tetradic

#281A41 #411A20 #33411A #1A413B

square

#281A41 #411A20 #33411A #1A413B

split-complementary

#281A41 #413B1A #20411A

monochromatic

#0D0916 #0D0916 #281A41 #432B6D #5E3D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.98

#281A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A41

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A41	1.00	15.98	1.31	15.98
#FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F2140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22222A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.072 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645776',
    500: '#281a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a41;
$custom-light: #645776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25763,
    "c": 0.07156,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A41

secondary

#637740

accent

#D355A6

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050308

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A41

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

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