#281E41#281E41

#281E41 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.064 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E41
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 65)
HSL	hsl(257, 37%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(257, 54%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 53.8%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.18, 14.39, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.18, 25.14, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(26.6% 0.0269 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(26.6% 0.064 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2932, 1.7613, 5.2191)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E41 #37411E

analogous

#1E2541 #281E41 #391E41

triadic

#281E41 #41281E #1E4128

tetradic

#281E41 #411E25 #37411E #1E4139

square

#281E41 #411E25 #37411E #1E4139

split-complementary

#281E41 #41391E #25411E

monochromatic

#0D0A15 #0E0B17 #281E41 #42316B #5C4595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#281E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#281E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E41

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E41	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#122442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.064 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a76',
    500: '#281e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e41;
$custom-light: #635a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26602,
    "c": 0.06401,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E41

secondary

#687545

accent

#CD5BAC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050308

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E41

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

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