#281E38#281E38

#281E38 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.049 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E38
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 56)
HSL	hsl(263, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(263, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 46.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.62, 11.57, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.62, 19.07, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(26% 0.0251 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(26% 0.049 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0530, 1.6652, 3.9539)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E38 #2E381E

analogous

#1E2138 #281E38 #351E38

triadic

#281E38 #38281E #1E3828

tetradic

#281E38 #381E21 #2E381E #1E3835

square

#281E38 #381E21 #2E381E #1E3835

split-complementary

#281E38 #38351E #21381E

monochromatic

#0E0B14 #0E0B14 #281E38 #443360 #614988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#281E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E38

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E38	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.049 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62596e',
    500: '#281e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e38;
$custom-light: #62596e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25998,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E38

secondary

#5D6C46

accent

#C661A0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E38

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

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