#281A62#281A62

#281A62 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.120 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A62
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 98)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.86, 28.21, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.86, 49.23, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% 0.0308 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.12 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4484, 2.0715, 11.7710)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A62 #54621A

analogous

#1A3062 #281A62 #4C1A62

triadic

#281A62 #62281A #1A6228

tetradic

#281A62 #621A30 #54621A #1A624C

square

#281A62 #621A30 #54621A #1A624C

split-complementary

#281A62 #624C1A #30621A

monochromatic

#0A0618 #140D32 #281A62 #3C2792 #4F34C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#281A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A62

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A62	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.120 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69588f',
    500: '#281a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a62;
$custom-light: #69588f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28685,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A62

secondary

#879840

accent

#E147C3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A62

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

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