#281C38#281C38

#281C38 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.053 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C38
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 56)
HSL	hsl(266, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 50%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.03, 13.01, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.03, 20.69, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(25.55% 0.0287 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(25.55% 0.053 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.0040, 1.5671, 3.9375)
Luminance	0.0157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C38 #2C381C

analogous

#1C1E38 #281C38 #361C38

triadic

#281C38 #38281C #1C3828

tetradic

#281C38 #381C1E #2C381C #1C3836

square

#281C38 #381C1E #2C381C #1C3836

split-complementary

#281C38 #38361C #1E381C

monochromatic

#0F0A14 #0F0A14 #281C38 #453061 #62458A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.99

#281C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C38

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C38	1.00	15.99	1.31	15.99
#FFFFFF	15.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.053 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63586e',
    500: '#281c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c38;
$custom-light: #63586e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2555,
    "c": 0.05327,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C38

secondary

#5B6C43

accent

#C95E9C

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C38

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

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