#281D5E#281D5E

#281D5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.110 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D5E
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 94)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, 24.91, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 44.72, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28.81% 0.0283 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(28.81% 0.11 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3342, 2.1378, 10.8245)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D5E #535E1D

analogous

#1D335E #281D5E #491D5E

triadic

#281D5E #5E281D #1D5E28

tetradic

#281D5E #5E1D33 #535E1D #1D5E49

square

#281D5E #5E1D33 #535E1D #1D5E49

split-complementary

#281D5E #5E491D #335E1D

monochromatic

#0A0717 #140F2F #281D5E #3C2B8D #503ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#281D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#281D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D5E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D5E	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00265D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#112D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.110 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68598c',
    500: '#281d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d5e;
$custom-light: #68598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28811,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D5E

secondary

#869344

accent

#DC4CC4

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D5E

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

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