#281E45#281E45

#281E45 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.071 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E45
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 69)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(255, 57%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 56.5%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.45, 15.69, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.45, 27.82, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(26.89% 0.0274 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(26.89% 0.071 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4132, 1.8093, 5.8511)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E45 #3B451E

analogous

#1E2845 #281E45 #3C1E45

triadic

#281E45 #45281E #1E4528

tetradic

#281E45 #451E28 #3B451E #1E453C

square

#281E45 #451E28 #3B451E #1E453C

split-complementary

#281E45 #453C1E #28451E

monochromatic

#0C0915 #0F0B1A #281E45 #413170 #59439A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#281E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#281E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E45

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E45	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F2546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.071 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a79',
    500: '#281e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e45;
$custom-light: #645a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26894,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E45

secondary

#6C7A45

accent

#CF59B1

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050309

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E45

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

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