#281B65#281B65

#281B65 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.123 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B65
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 101)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.38, 28.60, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.38, 50.38, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.15% 0.0292 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(29.15% 0.123 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6152, 2.1743, 12.5386)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B65 #58651B

analogous

#1B3365 #281B65 #4D1B65

triadic

#281B65 #65281B #1B6528

tetradic

#281B65 #651B33 #58651B #1B654D

square

#281B65 #651B33 #58651B #1B654D

split-complementary

#281B65 #654D1B #33651B

monochromatic

#0A0618 #150E35 #281B65 #3B2895 #4E35C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#281B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#281B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B65

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B65	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.123 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5892',
    500: '#281b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b65;
$custom-light: #6a5892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.541,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29146,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B65

secondary

#8B9A41

accent

#E147C6

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B65

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

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