#281B60#281B60

#281B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.116 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B60
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.90, 26.89, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.90, 47.34, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(28.66% 0.0301 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(28.66% 0.116 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3777, 2.0793, 11.2874)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B60 #53601B

analogous

#1B3160 #281B60 #4B1B60

triadic

#281B60 #60281B #1B6028

tetradic

#281B60 #601B31 #53601B #1B604B

square

#281B60 #601B31 #53601B #1B604B

split-complementary

#281B60 #604B1B #31601B

monochromatic

#0A0718 #140E30 #281B60 #3C2890 #5036C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#281B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B60

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B60	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00255F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.116 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69588e',
    500: '#281b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b60;
$custom-light: #69588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.304,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28655,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B60

secondary

#869641

accent

#DF48C3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B60

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

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