#281E2F#281E2F

#281E2F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.5% C 0.034 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E2F
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 47)
HSL	hsl(275, 22%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.14, 8.96, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.14, 13.04, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(25.47% 0.0224 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(25.47% 0.034 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8523, 1.5849, 2.8971)
Luminance	0.0158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E2F #252F1E

analogous

#1F1E2F #281E2F #2F1E2D

triadic

#281E2F #2F281E #1E2F28

tetradic

#281E2F #2F1F1E #252F1E #1E2D2F

square

#281E2F #2F1F1E #252F1E #1E2D2F

split-complementary

#281E2F #2D2F1E #1E2F1F

monochromatic

#100C13 #100C13 #281E2F #483654 #684E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.95

#281E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E2F

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E2F	1.00	15.95	1.32	15.95
#FFFFFF	15.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D222E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.5% 0.034 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625967',
    500: '#281e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e2f;
$custom-light: #625967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25471,
    "c": 0.03426,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E2F

secondary

#526147

accent

#BF698C

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E2F

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

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