#281C2F#281C2F

#281C2F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.039 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C2F
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 47)
HSL	hsl(278, 25%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 40.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.52, 10.41, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.52, 14.72, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(25% 0.0262 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(25% 0.039 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8033, 1.4869, 2.8808)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C2F #232F1C

analogous

#1F1C2F #281C2F #2F1C2D

triadic

#281C2F #2F281C #1C2F28

tetradic

#281C2F #2F1F1C #232F1C #1C2D2F

square

#281C2F #2F1F1C #232F1C #1C2D2F

split-complementary

#281C2F #2D2F1C #1C2F1F

monochromatic

#100B13 #100B13 #281C2F #493355 #694A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#281C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C2F

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C2F	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C212E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271F23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.039 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625867',
    500: '#281c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c2f;
$custom-light: #625867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25003,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C2F

secondary

#506245

accent

#C26688

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C2F

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

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