#281E3E#281E3E

#281E3E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.059 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E3E
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 62)
HSL	hsl(259, 35%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 51.6%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.99, 13.43, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.99, 23.12, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(26.39% 0.0264 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(26.39% 0.059 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.2086, 1.7274, 4.7736)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E3E #343E1E

analogous

#1E243E #281E3E #381E3E

triadic

#281E3E #3E281E #1E3E28

tetradic

#281E3E #3E1E24 #343E1E #1E3E38

square

#281E3E #3E1E24 #343E1E #1E3E38

split-complementary

#281E3E #3E381E #243E1E

monochromatic

#0D0A15 #0D0A15 #281E3E #433267 #5D4690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#281E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#281E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E3E

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E3E	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14243F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16233D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23242B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.059 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a73',
    500: '#281e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e3e;
$custom-light: #635a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 34.783,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26393,
    "c": 0.05908,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E3E

secondary

#647246

accent

#CB5DA9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050308

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E3E

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

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