#281D58#281D58

#281D58 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.102 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D58
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 88)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 67%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 22.84, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 40.95, 303.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.26% 0.0289 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(28.26% 0.102 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0754, 2.0343, 9.4612)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D58 #4D581D

analogous

#1D3058 #281D58 #451D58

triadic

#281D58 #58281D #1D5828

tetradic

#281D58 #581D30 #4D581D #1D5845

square

#281D58 #581D30 #4D581D #1D5845

split-complementary

#281D58 #58451D #30581D

monochromatic

#0A0817 #130E2A #281D58 #3D2C86 #523BB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#281D58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281D58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D58

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D58	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.102 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675988',
    500: '#281d58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d58;
$custom-light: #675988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28261,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D58

secondary

#808D44

accent

#DA4EC0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D58

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

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