#281C35#281C35

#281C35 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.048 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C35
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 53)
HSL	hsl(269, 31%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 47%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 47.2%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.85, 12.11, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.85, 18.68, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(25.36% 0.028 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(25.36% 0.048 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9328, 1.5387, 3.5626)
Luminance	0.0154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C35 #29351C

analogous

#1C1C35 #281C35 #341C35

triadic

#281C35 #35281C #1C3528

tetradic

#281C35 #351C1C #29351C #1C3534

square

#281C35 #351C1C #29351C #1C3534

split-complementary

#281C35 #35341C #1C351C

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281C35 #46315D #644685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.06

#281C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C35

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C35	1.00	16.06	1.31	16.06
#FFFFFF	16.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.048 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62586c',
    500: '#281c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c35;
$custom-light: #62586c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 30.864,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25359,
    "c": 0.04841,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C35

secondary

#576944

accent

#C76196

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C35

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

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