#281A6D#281A6D

#281A6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.135 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A6D
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 109)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 31.91, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 55.79, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.0284 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.135 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0039, 2.2938, 14.6968)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A6D #5F6D1A

analogous

#1A366D #281A6D #521A6D

triadic

#281A6D #6D281A #1A6D28

tetradic

#281A6D #6D1A36 #5F6D1A #1A6D52

square

#281A6D #6D1A36 #5F6D1A #1A6D52

split-complementary

#281A6D #6D521A #366D1A

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3C #281A6D #3A269E #4D33CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#281A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A6D

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A6D	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.135 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5898',
    500: '#281a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a6d;
$custom-light: #6b5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.12,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29806,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A6D

secondary

#92A241

accent

#E543C9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A6D

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

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