#281D4E#281D4E

#281D4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.086 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D4E
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 78)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.84, 19.41, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.84, 34.52, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(27.4% 0.0293 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(27.4% 0.086 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6892, 1.8798, 7.4274)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D4E #434E1D

analogous

#1D2A4E #281D4E #401D4E

triadic

#281D4E #4E281D #1D4E28

tetradic

#281D4E #4E1D2A #434E1D #1D4E40

square

#281D4E #4E1D2A #434E1D #1D4E40

split-complementary

#281D4E #4E401D #2A4E1D

monochromatic

#0B0816 #110C21 #281D4E #3F2E7B #563EA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.26

#281D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#281D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D4E

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D4E	1.00	15.26	1.38	15.26
#FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03244D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D2832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.086 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655980',
    500: '#281d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d4e;
$custom-light: #655980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27397,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D4E

secondary

#758344

accent

#D552B8

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D4E

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

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