#281E53#281E53

#281E53 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.092 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E53
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 83)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.51, 20.43, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.51, 37.02, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(28.01% 0.0279 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(28.01% 0.093 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9002, 2.0041, 8.4159)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E53 #49531E

analogous

#1E2E53 #281E53 #431E53

triadic

#281E53 #53281E #1E5328

tetradic

#281E53 #531E2E #49531E #1E5343

square

#281E53 #531E2E #49531E #1E5343

split-complementary

#281E53 #53431E #2E531E

monochromatic

#0B0816 #120E26 #281E53 #3E2E80 #533EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.99

#281E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E53

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E53	1.00	14.99	1.40	14.99
#FFFFFF	14.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.092 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665a84',
    500: '#281e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e53;
$custom-light: #665a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28014,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E53

secondary

#7B8845

accent

#D751BD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E53

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

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