#281E50#281E50

#281E50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.088 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E50
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 80)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 62.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.27, 19.40, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.27, 35.07, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(27.76% 0.0279 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(27.76% 0.088 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.7869, 1.9587, 7.8191)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E50 #46501E

analogous

#1E2D50 #281E50 #411E50

triadic

#281E50 #50281E #1E5028

tetradic

#281E50 #501E2D #46501E #1E5041

square

#281E50 #501E2D #46501E #1E5041

split-complementary

#281E50 #50411E #2D501E

monochromatic

#0B0816 #120D23 #281E50 #3E2F7D #553FA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#281E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#281E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E50

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E50	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02254F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C2933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.088 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a81',
    500: '#281e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e50;
$custom-light: #655a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27762,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E50

secondary

#788545

accent

#D553BB

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E50

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

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