#281B67#281B67

#281B67 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.126 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B67
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 103)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 29.28, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 51.59, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.0289 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.126 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7144, 2.2140, 13.0610)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B67 #5A671B

analogous

#1B3467 #281B67 #4E1B67

triadic

#281B67 #67281B #1B6728

tetradic

#281B67 #671B34 #5A671B #1B674E

square

#281B67 #671B34 #5A671B #1B674E

split-complementary

#281B67 #674E1B #34671B

monochromatic

#090618 #150E37 #281B67 #3B2897 #4E34C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#281B67 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#281B67 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B67

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B67	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B67	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b67;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.126 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5993',
    500: '#281b67',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b67;
$custom-light: #6a5993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b67",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.263,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29346,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B67

secondary

#8D9C42

accent

#E246C7

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F1

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B67

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

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