#281C96#281C96

#281C96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.185 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C96
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 150)
HSL	hsl(246, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 44.21, -63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 77.46, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0166 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.185 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7935, 3.4830, 29.1625)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C96 #8A961C

analogous

#1C4D96 #281C96 #651C96

triadic

#281C96 #96281C #1C9628

tetradic

#281C96 #961C4D #8A961C #1C9665

square

#281C96 #961C4D #8A961C #1C9665

split-complementary

#281C96 #96651C #4D961C

monochromatic

#0C092F #1A1262 #281C96 #3626CA #5D4EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#281C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#281C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C96

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C96	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.185 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755cb6',
    500: '#281c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c96;
$custom-light: #755cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.902,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34611,
    "c": 0.18466,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C96

secondary

#B5C14D

accent

#EB3CDA

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C96

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

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