#281E3C#281E3C

#281E3C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.056 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E3C
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 60)
HSL	hsl(260, 33%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(260, 50%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 50%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.86, 12.80, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.86, 21.77, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(26.26% 0.026 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(26.26% 0.056 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1548, 1.7059, 4.4898)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E3C #323C1E

analogous

#1E233C #281E3C #371E3C

triadic

#281E3C #3C281E #1E3C28

tetradic

#281E3C #3C1E23 #323C1E #1E3C37

square

#281E3C #3C1E23 #323C1E #1E3C37

split-complementary

#281E3C #3C371E #233C1E

monochromatic

#0E0A14 #0E0A14 #281E3C #433265 #5E478E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#281E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#281E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E3C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E3C	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15233D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17233B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24232A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.056 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635972',
    500: '#281e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e3c;
$custom-light: #635972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26257,
    "c": 0.05577,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E3C

secondary

#627046

accent

#C95EA6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050308

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E3C

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

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