#281A6E#281A6E

#281A6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.136 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A6E
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, 32.25, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 56.38, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0282 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.136 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0581, 2.3154, 14.9819)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A6E #606E1A

analogous

#1A366E #281A6E #521A6E

triadic

#281A6E #6E281A #1A6E28

tetradic

#281A6E #6E1A36 #606E1A #1A6E52

square

#281A6E #6E1A36 #606E1A #1A6E52

split-complementary

#281A6E #6E521A #366E1A

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3D #281A6E #3A26A0 #4D34CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#281A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A6E

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A6E	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.136 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5898',
    500: '#281a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a6e;
$custom-light: #6c5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29911,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A6E

secondary

#93A341

accent

#E543CA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A6E

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

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