#281A58#281A58

#281A58 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.106 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A58
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 88)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.92, 24.82, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.92, 43.07, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(27.72% 0.0324 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(27.72% 0.106 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0054, 1.8943, 9.4379)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A58 #4A581A

analogous

#1A2B58 #281A58 #471A58

triadic

#281A58 #58281A #1A5828

tetradic

#281A58 #581A2B #4A581A #1A5847

square

#281A58 #581A2B #4A581A #1A5847

split-complementary

#281A58 #58471A #2B581A

monochromatic

#0B0718 #130C29 #281A58 #3D2887 #5336B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.23

#281A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#281A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A58

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A58	1.00	15.23	1.38	15.23
#FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.106 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675788',
    500: '#281a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a58;
$custom-light: #675788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27721,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A58

secondary

#7C8E40

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A58

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

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