#281E52#281E52

#281E52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.091 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E52
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 82)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.43, 20.09, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.43, 36.37, 303.52°)
OKLab	oklab(27.93% 0.0279 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(27.93% 0.091 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8619, 1.9887, 8.2141)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E52 #48521E

analogous

#1E2E52 #281E52 #421E52

triadic

#281E52 #52281E #1E5228

tetradic

#281E52 #521E2E #48521E #1E5242

square

#281E52 #521E2E #48521E #1E5242

split-complementary

#281E52 #52421E #2E521E

monochromatic

#0B0816 #120E25 #281E52 #3E2E7F #543FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.02

#281E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E52

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E52	1.00	15.02	1.40	15.02
#FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.091 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665a83',
    500: '#281e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e52;
$custom-light: #665a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27929,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E52

secondary

#7A8745

accent

#D652BD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E52

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

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