#281A61#281A61

#281A61 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.119 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A61
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 97)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.76, 27.87, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.76, 48.62, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(28.59% 0.031 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(28.59% 0.119 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4015, 2.0528, 11.5239)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A61 #53611A

analogous

#1A3061 #281A61 #4C1A61

triadic

#281A61 #61281A #1A6128

tetradic

#281A61 #611A30 #53611A #1A614C

square

#281A61 #611A30 #53611A #1A614C

split-complementary

#281A61 #614C1A #30611A

monochromatic

#0A0618 #140D31 #281A61 #3C2791 #5034C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#281A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A61

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A61	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.119 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69588f',
    500: '#281a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a61;
$custom-light: #69588f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.831,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28586,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A61

secondary

#869740

accent

#E147C3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A61

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

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