#281E30#281E30

#281E30 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.5% C 0.036 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E30
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 48)
HSL	hsl(273, 23%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 38%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 37.5%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.19, 9.24, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.19, 13.70, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(25.53% 0.0228 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(25.53% 0.036 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8728, 1.5931, 3.0046)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E30 #26301E

analogous

#1F1E30 #281E30 #301E2F

triadic

#281E30 #30281E #1E3028

tetradic

#281E30 #301F1E #26301E #1E2F30

square

#281E30 #301F1E #26301E #1E2F30

split-complementary

#281E30 #2F301E #1E301F

monochromatic

#100C13 #100C13 #281E30 #473656 #674D7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.93

#281E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E30

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E30	1.00	15.93	1.32	15.93
#FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D222F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.5% 0.036 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625968',
    500: '#281e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e30;
$custom-light: #625968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25525,
    "c": 0.03589,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E30

secondary

#536347

accent

#C0688F

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E30

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

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