#281C64#281C64

#281C64 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.120 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C64
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 100)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 72%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.51, 27.62, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.51, 49.11, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.21% 0.0285 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(29.21% 0.12 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5899, 2.2015, 12.2899)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C64 #58641C

analogous

#1C3464 #281C64 #4C1C64

triadic

#281C64 #64281C #1C6428

tetradic

#281C64 #641C34 #58641C #1C644C

square

#281C64 #641C34 #58641C #1C644C

split-complementary

#281C64 #644C1C #34641C

monochromatic

#0A0718 #150F34 #281C64 #3B2994 #4E37C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#281C64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#281C64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C64

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C64	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.120 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695991',
    500: '#281c64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c64;
$custom-light: #695991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29213,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C64

secondary

#8B9943

accent

#E048C6

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C64

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

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