#281A6B#281A6B

#281A6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.132 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A6B
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 107)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.75, 31.24, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.75, 54.62, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.6% 0.0289 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(29.6% 0.132 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8975, 2.2512, 14.1362)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A6B #5D6B1A

analogous

#1A346B #281A6B #501A6B

triadic

#281A6B #6B281A #1A6B28

tetradic

#281A6B #6B1A34 #5D6B1A #1A6B50

square

#281A6B #6B1A34 #5D6B1A #1A6B50

split-complementary

#281A6B #6B501A #346B1A

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3A #281A6B #3A269C #4D32CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#281A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#281A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A6B

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A6B	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.132 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5896',
    500: '#281a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a6b;
$custom-light: #6b5896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.37,
    "s": 60.902,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29598,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A6B

secondary

#90A040

accent

#E444C8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A6B

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

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