#281D56#281D56

#281D56 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.099 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D56
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 86)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.50, 22.15, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.50, 39.67, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(28.08% 0.029 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(28.08% 0.099 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9937, 2.0016, 9.0309)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D56 #4B561D

analogous

#1D2E56 #281D56 #441D56

triadic

#281D56 #56281D #1D5628

tetradic

#281D56 #561D2E #4B561D #1D5644

square

#281D56 #561D2E #4B561D #1D5644

split-complementary

#281D56 #56441D #2E561D

monochromatic

#0B0817 #130E28 #281D56 #3D2C84 #533CB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.00

#281D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D56

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D56	1.00	15.00	1.40	15.00
#FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.099 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675986',
    500: '#281d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d56;
$custom-light: #675986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28083,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D56

secondary

#7D8B44

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D56

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

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