#281E36#281E36

#281E36 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.046 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E36
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 54)
HSL	hsl(265, 29%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(265, 44%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 44.4%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.51, 10.97, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.51, 17.72, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(25.87% 0.0246 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(25.87% 0.046 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0051, 1.6460, 3.7014)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E36 #2C361E

analogous

#1E2036 #281E36 #341E36

triadic

#281E36 #36281E #1E3628

tetradic

#281E36 #361E20 #2C361E #1E3634

square

#281E36 #361E20 #2C361E #1E3634

split-complementary

#281E36 #36341E #20361E

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #281E36 #45345D #624A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.80

#281E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E36

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E36	1.00	15.80	1.33	15.80
#FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.046 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596d',
    500: '#281e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e36;
$custom-light: #62596d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25874,
    "c": 0.04579,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E36

secondary

#5B6946

accent

#C5639C

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E36

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

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