#281C36#281C36

#281C36 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.050 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C36
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 54)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 48.1%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.91, 12.41, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.91, 19.35, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(25.42% 0.0282 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(25.42% 0.05 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9560, 1.5480, 3.6851)
Luminance	0.0155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C36 #2A361C

analogous

#1C1D36 #281C36 #351C36

triadic

#281C36 #36281C #1C3628

tetradic

#281C36 #361C1D #2A361C #1C3635

square

#281C36 #361C1D #2A361C #1C3635

split-complementary

#281C36 #36351C #1D361C

monochromatic

#0F0A14 #0F0A14 #281C36 #46315E #644687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.04

#281C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C36

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C36	1.00	16.04	1.31	16.04
#FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.050 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62586d',
    500: '#281c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c36;
$custom-light: #62586d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25421,
    "c": 0.05003,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C36

secondary

#586A44

accent

#C86098

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C36

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

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