#281B58#281B58

#281B58 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.105 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B58
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 88)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.17, 24.17, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.17, 42.37, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(27.9% 0.0312 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(27.9% 0.105 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0279, 1.9394, 9.4454)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B58 #4B581B

analogous

#1B2C58 #281B58 #461B58

triadic

#281B58 #58281B #1B5828

tetradic

#281B58 #581B2C #4B581B #1B5846

square

#281B58 #581B2C #4B581B #1B5846

split-complementary

#281B58 #58461B #2C581B

monochromatic

#0B0717 #130D29 #281B58 #3D2987 #5338B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.13

#281B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#281B58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B58

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B58	1.00	15.13	1.39	15.13
#FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.105 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675888',
    500: '#281b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b58;
$custom-light: #675888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27898,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B58

secondary

#7D8E41

accent

#DC4BBE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B58

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

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