#281C52#281C52

#281C52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.094 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C52
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 82)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.90, 21.46, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.90, 37.84, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(27.54% 0.0305 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(27.54% 0.094 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8129, 1.8907, 8.1977)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C52 #46521C

analogous

#1C2B52 #281C52 #431C52

triadic

#281C52 #52281C #1C5228

tetradic

#281C52 #521C2B #46521C #1C5243

square

#281C52 #521C2B #46521C #1C5243

split-complementary

#281C52 #52431C #2B521C

monochromatic

#0B0817 #120C24 #281C52 #3E2C80 #553BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#281C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#281C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C52

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C52	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.094 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665883',
    500: '#281c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c52;
$custom-light: #665883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27544,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C52

secondary

#788842

accent

#D94FBA

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C52

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

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