#281A45#281A45

#281A45 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.078 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A45
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 69)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 62.3%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.35, 18.50, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.35, 30.89, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(26.07% 0.0335 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(26.07% 0.078 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3184, 1.6195, 5.8195)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A45 #37451A

analogous

#1A2145 #281A45 #3D1A45

triadic

#281A45 #45281A #1A4528

tetradic

#281A45 #451A21 #37451A #1A453D

square

#281A45 #451A21 #37451A #1A453D

split-complementary

#281A45 #453D1A #21451A

monochromatic

#0D0816 #0E0919 #281A45 #422B71 #5C3B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.86

#281A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A45

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A45	1.00	15.86	1.32	15.86
#FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21232C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.078 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645779',
    500: '#281a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a45;
$custom-light: #645779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26074,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A45

secondary

#687B40

accent

#D553AB

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A45

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

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