#281E4F#281E4F

#281E4F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.086 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E4F
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 79)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 62%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.19, 19.06, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.19, 34.42, 303.62°)
OKLab	oklab(27.68% 0.0279 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(27.68% 0.086 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.7502, 1.9441, 7.6260)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E4F #454F1E

analogous

#1E2D4F #281E4F #411E4F

triadic

#281E4F #4F281E #1E4F28

tetradic

#281E4F #4F1E2D #454F1E #1E4F41

square

#281E4F #4F1E2D #454F1E #1E4F41

split-complementary

#281E4F #4F411E #2D4F1E

monochromatic

#0B0816 #120D23 #281E4F #3E2F7B #5540A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#281E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#281E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E4F

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E4F	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04254E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.086 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a81',
    500: '#281e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e4f;
$custom-light: #655a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27679,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E4F

secondary

#778445

accent

#D553BA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E4F

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

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