#281C61#281C61

#281C61 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.116 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C61
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 97)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.23, 26.59, -39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.23, 47.27, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0289 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.116 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4473, 2.1445, 11.5392)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C61 #55611C

analogous

#1C3361 #281C61 #4B1C61

triadic

#281C61 #61281C #1C6128

tetradic

#281C61 #611C33 #55611C #1C614B

square

#281C61 #611C33 #55611C #1C614B

split-complementary

#281C61 #614B1C #33611C

monochromatic

#0A0718 #140E32 #281C61 #3C2A90 #4F37C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#281C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#281C61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C61

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C61	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.116 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69598f',
    500: '#281c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c61;
$custom-light: #69598f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28921,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C61

secondary

#889643

accent

#DF49C5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C61

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

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