#281D2E#281D2E

#281D2E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.035 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D2E
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 46)
HSL	hsl(279, 23%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 37%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.78, 9.41, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.78, 13.23, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(25.18% 0.024 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(25.18% 0.035 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8075, 1.5271, 2.7838)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D2E #232E1D

analogous

#201D2E #281D2E #2E1D2C

triadic

#281D2E #2E281D #1D2E28

tetradic

#281D2E #2E201D #232E1D #1D2C2E

square

#281D2E #2E201D #232E1D #1D2C2E

split-complementary

#281D2E #2C2E1D #1D2E20

monochromatic

#100C13 #100C13 #281D2E #493554 #694C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.09

#281D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D2E

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D2E	1.00	16.09	1.31	16.09
#FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A202F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D212D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281F23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.035 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625966',
    500: '#281d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d2e;
$custom-light: #625966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 22.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25181,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D2E

secondary

#506146

accent

#BF6987

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D2E

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

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