#281C60#281C60

#281C60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.115 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C60
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 96)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 26.25, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 46.65, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% 0.0291 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.115 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4010, 2.1260, 11.2952)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C60 #54601C

analogous

#1C3260 #281C60 #4A1C60

triadic

#281C60 #60281C #1C6028

tetradic

#281C60 #601C32 #54601C #1C604A

square

#281C60 #601C32 #54601C #1C604A

split-complementary

#281C60 #604A1C #32601C

monochromatic

#0A0718 #140E31 #281C60 #3C2A8F #4F38BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#281C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#281C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C60

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C60	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00265F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.115 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69598e',
    500: '#281c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c60;
$custom-light: #69598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28825,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C60

secondary

#879542

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C60

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

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