#281B36#281B36

#281B36 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.052 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B36
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 54)
HSL	hsl(269, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 50%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.62, 13.13, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.62, 20.17, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(25.2% 0.03 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(25.2% 0.052 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9327, 1.5013, 3.6773)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B36 #29361B

analogous

#1B1B36 #281B36 #351B36

triadic

#281B36 #36281B #1B3628

tetradic

#281B36 #361B1B #29361B #1B3635

square

#281B36 #361B1B #29361B #1B3635

split-complementary

#281B36 #36351B #1B361B

monochromatic

#0F0A14 #0F0A14 #281B36 #462F5F #644488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.15

#281B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B36

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B36	1.00	16.15	1.30	16.15
#FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.052 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62576d',
    500: '#281b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b36;
$custom-light: #62576d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.252,
    "c": 0.05215,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B36

secondary

#576B42

accent

#C95E96

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B36

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

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