#281A6C#281A6C

#281A6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.134 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A6C
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 108)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 75.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 31.58, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 55.21, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% 0.0287 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.134 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9504, 2.2723, 14.4149)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A6C #5E6C1A

analogous

#1A356C #281A6C #511A6C

triadic

#281A6C #6C281A #1A6C28

tetradic

#281A6C #6C1A35 #5E6C1A #1A6C51

square

#281A6C #6C1A35 #5E6C1A #1A6C51

split-complementary

#281A6C #6C511A #356C1A

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3B #281A6C #3A269D #4D33CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#281A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#281A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A6C

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A6C	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.134 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5897',
    500: '#281a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a6c;
$custom-light: #6b5897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29702,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A6C

secondary

#91A141

accent

#E443C9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A6C

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

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