#281B59#281B59

#281B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.106 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B59
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.26, 24.51, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.26, 43.00, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% 0.0311 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.106 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.0696, 1.9561, 9.6651)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B59 #4C591B

analogous

#1B2D59 #281B59 #471B59

triadic

#281B59 #59281B #1B5928

tetradic

#281B59 #591B2D #4C591B #1B5947

square

#281B59 #591B2D #4C591B #1B5947

split-complementary

#281B59 #59471B #2D591B

monochromatic

#0B0717 #130D2A #281B59 #3D2988 #5237B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#281B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#281B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B59

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B59	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.106 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675888',
    500: '#281b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b59;
$custom-light: #675888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.581,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2799,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B59

secondary

#7E8F41

accent

#DD4BBE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B59

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

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