#281D52#281D52

#281D52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.093 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D52
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 82)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.16, 20.77, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.16, 37.11, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(27.74% 0.0292 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(27.74% 0.093 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.8370, 1.9389, 8.2058)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D52 #47521D

analogous

#1D2D52 #281D52 #431D52

triadic

#281D52 #52281D #1D5228

tetradic

#281D52 #521D2D #47521D #1D5243

square

#281D52 #521D2D #47521D #1D5243

split-complementary

#281D52 #52431D #2D521D

monochromatic

#0B0817 #120D25 #281D52 #3E2D7F #543DAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.13

#281D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#281D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D52

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D52	1.00	15.13	1.39	15.13
#FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.093 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665983',
    500: '#281d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d52;
$custom-light: #665983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27735,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D52

secondary

#798744

accent

#D750BB

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D52

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

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