#281A52#281A52

#281A52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.097 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A52
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 82)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 68.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 22.80, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 39.29, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(27.17% 0.0331 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(27.17% 0.097 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.7670, 1.7990, 8.1825)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A52 #44521A

analogous

#1A2852 #281A52 #441A52

triadic

#281A52 #52281A #1A5228

tetradic

#281A52 #521A28 #44521A #1A5244

square

#281A52 #521A28 #44521A #1A5244

split-complementary

#281A52 #52441A #28521A

monochromatic

#0B0717 #110B24 #281A52 #3F2980 #5537AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.44

#281A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#281A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A52

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A52	1.00	15.44	1.36	15.44
#FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.097 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665783',
    500: '#281a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a52;
$custom-light: #665783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27173,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A52

secondary

#768840

accent

#DB4CB8

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A52

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

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