#281C3E#281C3E

#281C3E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.063 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C3E
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 62)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.41, 14.86, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.41, 24.70, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(25.96% 0.0298 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(25.96% 0.063 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.1596, 1.6294, 4.7572)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C3E #323E1C

analogous

#1C213E #281C3E #391C3E

triadic

#281C3E #3E281C #1C3E28

tetradic

#281C3E #3E1C21 #323E1C #1C3E39

square

#281C3E #3E1C21 #323E1C #1C3E39

split-complementary

#281C3E #3E391C #213E1C

monochromatic

#0E0A15 #0E0A15 #281C3E #432F68 #5E4292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#281C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C3E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C3E	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11223F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14223D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23222A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.063 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635873',
    500: '#281c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c3e;
$custom-light: #635873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25959,
    "c": 0.06299,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C3E

secondary

#627343

accent

#CE5AA5

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050308

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C3E

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

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