#281A65#281A65

#281A65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.124 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A65
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 101)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.15, 29.22, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.15, 51.04, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(28.99% 0.0302 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(28.99% 0.124 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5927, 2.1293, 12.5311)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A65 #57651A

analogous

#1A3265 #281A65 #4E1A65

triadic

#281A65 #65281A #1A6528

tetradic

#281A65 #651A32 #57651A #1A654E

square

#281A65 #651A32 #57651A #1A654E

split-complementary

#281A65 #654E1A #32651A

monochromatic

#0A0618 #150D34 #281A65 #3B2796 #4F33C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#281A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#281A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A65

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A65	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.124 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5892',
    500: '#281a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a65;
$custom-light: #6a5892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28985,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A65

secondary

#8A9B40

accent

#E246C5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A65

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

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