#281B35#281B35

#281B35 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.051 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B35
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 53)
HSL	hsl(270, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 49%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.56, 12.83, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.56, 19.50, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(25.14% 0.0298 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(25.14% 0.051 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9095, 1.4920, 3.5549)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B35 #28351B

analogous

#1B1B35 #281B35 #351B35

triadic

#281B35 #35281B #1B3528

tetradic

#281B35 #351B1B #28351B #1B3535

square

#281B35 #351B1B #28351B #1B3535

split-complementary

#281B35 #35351B #1B351B

monochromatic

#0F0A14 #0F0A14 #281B35 #47305E #654486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#281B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B35

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B35	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.051 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62576c',
    500: '#281b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b35;
$custom-light: #62576c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25136,
    "c": 0.05055,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B35

secondary

#566942

accent

#C95F94

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B35

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

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