#281E35#281E35

#281E35 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.044 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E35
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 53)
HSL	hsl(266, 28%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(266, 43%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 43.4%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.45, 10.67, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.45, 17.04, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(25.81% 0.0243 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(25.81% 0.044 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9818, 1.6367, 3.5790)
Luminance	0.0164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E35 #2B351E

analogous

#1E2035 #281E35 #341E35

triadic

#281E35 #35281E #1E3528

tetradic

#281E35 #351E20 #2B351E #1E3534

square

#281E35 #351E20 #2B351E #1E3534

split-complementary

#281E35 #35341E #20351E

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281E35 #45345C #634A83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.82

#281E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E35

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E35	1.00	15.82	1.33	15.82
#FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.044 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596c',
    500: '#281e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e35;
$custom-light: #62596c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 27.711,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25814,
    "c": 0.04413,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E35

secondary

#5A6846

accent

#C4649A

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E35

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

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