#281D50#281D50

#281D50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.090 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D50
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 80)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 63.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 20.09, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 35.82, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(27.57% 0.0293 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(27.57% 0.09 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.7620, 1.9089, 7.8108)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D50 #45501D

analogous

#1D2C50 #281D50 #421D50

triadic

#281D50 #50281D #1D5028

tetradic

#281D50 #501D2C #45501D #1D5042

square

#281D50 #501D2C #45501D #1D5042

split-complementary

#281D50 #50421D #2C501D

monochromatic

#0B0816 #120D23 #281D50 #3E2D7D #553EAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#281D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#281D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D50

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D50	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00244F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.090 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665981',
    500: '#281d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d50;
$custom-light: #665981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27565,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D50

secondary

#778544

accent

#D651BA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D50

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

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