#281B62#281B62

#281B62 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.119 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B62
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.09, 27.58, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.09, 48.56, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(28.85% 0.0298 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(28.85% 0.119 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4709, 2.1166, 11.7786)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B62 #55621B

analogous

#1B3262 #281B62 #4C1B62

triadic

#281B62 #62281B #1B6228

tetradic

#281B62 #621B32 #55621B #1B624C

square

#281B62 #621B32 #55621B #1B624C

split-complementary

#281B62 #624C1B #32621B

monochromatic

#0A0718 #140E32 #281B62 #3C2892 #4F35C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#281B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B62

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B62	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.119 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69588f',
    500: '#281b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b62;
$custom-light: #69588f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.986,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28849,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B62

secondary

#889841

accent

#E048C4

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B62

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

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