#281E34#281E34

#281E34 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.042 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E34
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 52)
HSL	hsl(267, 27%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.40, 10.38, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.40, 16.37, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(25.75% 0.024 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(25.75% 0.042 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9591, 1.6276, 3.4591)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E34 #2A341E

analogous

#1E1F34 #281E34 #331E34

triadic

#281E34 #34281E #1E3428

tetradic

#281E34 #341E1F #2A341E #1E3433

square

#281E34 #341E1F #2A341E #1E3433

split-complementary

#281E34 #34331E #1F341E

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #281E34 #46345B #644B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#281E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E34

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E34	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.042 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596b',
    500: '#281e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e34;
$custom-light: #62596b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25754,
    "c": 0.04246,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E34

secondary

#586747

accent

#C36598

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E34

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

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