#281D34#281D34

#281D34 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.5% C 0.045 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D34
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 52)
HSL	hsl(269, 28%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.09, 11.10, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.09, 17.19, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(25.52% 0.0259 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(25.52% 0.045 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9341, 1.5778, 3.4508)
Luminance	0.0158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D34 #29341D

analogous

#1D1D34 #281D34 #331D34

triadic

#281D34 #34281D #1D3428

tetradic

#281D34 #341D1D #29341D #1D3433

square

#281D34 #341D1D #29341D #1D3433

split-complementary

#281D34 #34331D #1D341D

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281D34 #46335B #644983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.96

#281D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D34

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D34	1.00	15.96	1.32	15.96
#FFFFFF	15.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.5% 0.045 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596b',
    500: '#281d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d34;
$custom-light: #62596b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25524,
    "c": 0.04463,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D34

secondary

#576845

accent

#C56396

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D34

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

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