#281E33#281E33

#281E33 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.041 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E33
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 51)
HSL	hsl(269, 26%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 80%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.34, 10.09, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.34, 15.70, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(25.7% 0.0237 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(25.7% 0.041 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9368, 1.6187, 3.3417)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E33 #29331E

analogous

#1E1E33 #281E33 #321E33

triadic

#281E33 #33281E #1E3328

tetradic

#281E33 #331E1E #29331E #1E3332

square

#281E33 #331E1E #29331E #1E3332

split-complementary

#281E33 #33321E #1E331E

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #281E33 #46355A #644B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.86

#281E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E33

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E33	1.00	15.86	1.32	15.86
#FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.041 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596a',
    500: '#281e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e33;
$custom-light: #62596a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25695,
    "c": 0.04081,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E33

secondary

#576647

accent

#C26596

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E33

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

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