#281E3A#281E3A

#281E3A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.052 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E3A
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 58)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(261, 48%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 48.3%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.74, 12.18, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.74, 20.42, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(26.13% 0.0256 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(26.13% 0.052 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.1029, 1.6851, 4.2166)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E3A #303A1E

analogous

#1E223A #281E3A #361E3A

triadic

#281E3A #3A281E #1E3A28

tetradic

#281E3A #3A1E22 #303A1E #1E3A36

square

#281E3A #3A1E22 #303A1E #1E3A36

split-complementary

#281E3A #3A361E #223A1E

monochromatic

#0E0A14 #0E0A14 #281E3A #443362 #60488B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#281E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#281E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E3A

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E3A	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16233B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.052 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635970',
    500: '#281e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e3a;
$custom-light: #635970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26126,
    "c": 0.05245,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E3A

secondary

#606E46

accent

#C860A3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E3A

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

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