#281A60#281A60

#281A60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.117 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A60
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 96)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 27.53, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 48.01, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(28.49% 0.0311 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(28.49% 0.117 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.3552, 2.0342, 11.2799)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A60 #52601A

analogous

#1A2F60 #281A60 #4B1A60

triadic

#281A60 #60281A #1A6028

tetradic

#281A60 #601A2F #52601A #1A604B

square

#281A60 #601A2F #52601A #1A604B

split-complementary

#281A60 #604B1A #2F601A

monochromatic

#0A0718 #140D30 #281A60 #3C2790 #5034C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#281A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A60

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A60	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.117 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69588e',
    500: '#281a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a60;
$custom-light: #69588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28488,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A60

secondary

#859640

accent

#E147C2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A60

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

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