#281E32#281E32

#281E32 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.039 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E32
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 50)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 40%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.29, 9.80, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.29, 15.03, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(25.64% 0.0234 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(25.64% 0.039 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9150, 1.6100, 3.2269)
Luminance	0.0161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E32 #28321E

analogous

#1E1E32 #281E32 #321E32

triadic

#281E32 #32281E #1E3228

tetradic

#281E32 #321E1E #28321E #1E3232

square

#281E32 #321E1E #28321E #1E3232

split-complementary

#281E32 #32321E #1E321E

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #281E32 #473558 #654C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.89

#281E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E32

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E32	1.00	15.89	1.32	15.89
#FFFFFF	15.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.039 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596a',
    500: '#281e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e32;
$custom-light: #62596a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25638,
    "c": 0.03916,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E32

secondary

#566547

accent

#C16694

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E32

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

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