#281C69#281C69

#281C69 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.127 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C69
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 105)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 73.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, 29.34, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 52.13, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0276 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.127 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8393, 2.3013, 13.6037)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C69 #5D691C

analogous

#1C3669 #281C69 #4E1C69

triadic

#281C69 #69281C #1C6928

tetradic

#281C69 #691C36 #5D691C #1C694E

square

#281C69 #691C36 #5D691C #1C694E

split-complementary

#281C69 #694E1C #36691C

monochromatic

#090618 #160F39 #281C69 #3A2999 #4D36C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#281C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C69

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C69	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.127 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5995',
    500: '#281c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c69;
$custom-light: #6a5995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.351,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29709,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C69

secondary

#909E43

accent

#E147C9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C69

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

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