#281E4D#281E4D

#281E4D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.083 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E4D
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 77)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 61%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.04, 18.38, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.04, 33.11, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(27.52% 0.0279 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(27.52% 0.083 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.6785, 1.9154, 7.2483)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E4D #434D1E

analogous

#1E2B4D #281E4D #3F1E4D

triadic

#281E4D #4D281E #1E4D28

tetradic

#281E4D #4D1E2B #434D1E #1E4D3F

square

#281E4D #4D1E2B #434D1E #1E4D3F

split-complementary

#281E4D #4D3F1E #2B4D1E

monochromatic

#0B0916 #110D21 #281E4D #3F2F79 #5640A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.18

#281E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#281E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E4D

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E4D	1.00	15.18	1.38	15.18
#FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06274F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07254C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D2832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.083 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a7f',
    500: '#281e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e4d;
$custom-light: #655a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27516,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E4D

secondary

#758245

accent

#D454B9

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E4D

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

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