#281A69#281A69

#281A69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.130 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A69
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 105)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.55, 30.57, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.55, 53.43, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0293 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.13 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7935, 2.2096, 13.5885)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A69 #5B691A

analogous

#1A3369 #281A69 #4F1A69

triadic

#281A69 #69281A #1A6928

tetradic

#281A69 #691A33 #5B691A #1A694F

square

#281A69 #691A33 #5B691A #1A694F

split-complementary

#281A69 #694F1A #33691A

monochromatic

#090619 #150E38 #281A69 #3B269A #4D32CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#281A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#281A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A69

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A69	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.130 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5895',
    500: '#281a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a69;
$custom-light: #6b5895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29392,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A69

secondary

#8E9E40

accent

#E344C7

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A69

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

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