#281D95#281D95

#281D95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.183 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D95
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 149)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 80.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 43.39, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 76.41, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0165 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.183 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7375, 3.4991, 28.7483)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D95 #8A951D

analogous

#1D4E95 #281D95 #641D95

triadic

#281D95 #95281D #1D9528

tetradic

#281D95 #951D4E #8A951D #1D9564

square

#281D95 #951D4E #8A951D #1D9564

split-complementary

#281D95 #95641D #4E951D

monochromatic

#0C092F #1A1362 #281D95 #3627C8 #5D50DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#281D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#281D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D95

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D95	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.183 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745cb5',
    500: '#281d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d95;
$custom-light: #745cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.5,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34618,
    "c": 0.18259,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D95

secondary

#B5C04E

accent

#EA3DDA

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D95

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

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