#281C49#281C49

#281C49 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.080 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C49
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 73)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 61.6%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.19, 18.43, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.19, 32.00, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(26.79% 0.0307 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(26.79% 0.08 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.4926, 1.7626, 6.5109)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C49 #3D491C

analogous

#1C2749 #281C49 #3F1C49

triadic

#281C49 #49281C #1C4928

tetradic

#281C49 #491C27 #3D491C #1C493F

square

#281C49 #491C27 #3D491C #1C493F

split-complementary

#281C49 #493F1C #27491C

monochromatic

#0C0816 #100B1D #281C49 #402D75 #583EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#281C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#281C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C49

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C49	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06254B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F262F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.080 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65587c',
    500: '#281c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c49;
$custom-light: #65587c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26791,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C49

secondary

#6E7E42

accent

#D454B2

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#060309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C49

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

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