#281A6A#281A6A

#281A6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.131 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A6A
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 106)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 30.90, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 54.02, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.49% 0.0291 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(29.49% 0.131 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8452, 2.2303, 13.8607)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A6A #5C6A1A

analogous

#1A346A #281A6A #501A6A

triadic

#281A6A #6A281A #1A6A28

tetradic

#281A6A #6A1A34 #5C6A1A #1A6A50

square

#281A6A #6A1A34 #5C6A1A #1A6A50

split-complementary

#281A6A #6A501A #346A1A

monochromatic

#090619 #150E39 #281A6A #3B269B #4D32CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#281A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#281A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A6A

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A6A	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.131 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5895',
    500: '#281a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a6a;
$custom-light: #6b5895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29495,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A6A

secondary

#8F9F40

accent

#E444C8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A6A

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

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