#281E44#281E44

#281E44 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.069 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E44
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 68)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(256, 56%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.38, 15.37, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.38, 27.15, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(26.82% 0.0273 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(26.82% 0.069 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.3825, 1.7970, 5.6890)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E44 #3A441E

analogous

#1E2744 #281E44 #3B1E44

triadic

#281E44 #44281E #1E4428

tetradic

#281E44 #441E27 #3A441E #1E443B

square

#281E44 #441E27 #3A441E #1E443B

split-complementary

#281E44 #443B1E #27441E

monochromatic

#0C0915 #0F0B1A #281E44 #41316E #5A4399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#281E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#281E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E44

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E44	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#102545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21262D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.069 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a78',
    500: '#281e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e44;
$custom-light: #645a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26819,
    "c": 0.06889,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E44

secondary

#6B7945

accent

#CF59B0

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E44

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

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