#281D35#281D35

#281D35 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.046 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D35
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 53)
HSL	hsl(268, 29%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 45.3%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.15, 11.39, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.15, 17.86, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(25.58% 0.0262 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(25.58% 0.046 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9569, 1.5869, 3.5707)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D35 #2A351D

analogous

#1D1E35 #281D35 #341D35

triadic

#281D35 #35281D #1D3528

tetradic

#281D35 #351D1E #2A351D #1D3534

square

#281D35 #351D1E #2A351D #1D3534

split-complementary

#281D35 #35341D #1E351D

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281D35 #46335D #644884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.94

#281D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D35

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D35	1.00	15.94	1.32	15.94
#FFFFFF	15.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.046 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596c',
    500: '#281d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d35;
$custom-light: #62596c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25584,
    "c": 0.04627,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D35

secondary

#586945

accent

#C66298

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D35

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

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