#281B69#281B69

#281B69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.128 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B69
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 29.96, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 52.79, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0285 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.128 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8160, 2.2547, 13.5960)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B69 #5C691B

analogous

#1B3569 #281B69 #4F1B69

triadic

#281B69 #69281B #1B6928

tetradic

#281B69 #691B35 #5C691B #1B694F

square

#281B69 #691B35 #5C691B #1B694F

split-complementary

#281B69 #694F1B #35691B

monochromatic

#090618 #150E38 #281B69 #3B289A #4D34CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#281B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#281B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B69

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B69	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.128 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5995',
    500: '#281b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b69;
$custom-light: #6b5995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29548,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B69

secondary

#8F9E42

accent

#E246C8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B69

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

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