#281C34#281C34

#281C34 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.047 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C34
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 52)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.79, 11.82, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.79, 18.02, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(25.3% 0.0277 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(25.3% 0.047 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9100, 1.5296, 3.4428)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C34 #28341C

analogous

#1C1C34 #281C34 #341C34

triadic

#281C34 #34281C #1C3428

tetradic

#281C34 #341C1C #28341C #1C3434

square

#281C34 #341C1C #28341C #1C3434

split-complementary

#281C34 #34341C #1C341C

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281C34 #47315C #654784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#281C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281C34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C34

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C34	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.047 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62586b',
    500: '#281c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c34;
$custom-light: #62586b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25297,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C34

secondary

#566844

accent

#C66294

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C34

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

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