#281E54#281E54

#281E54 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.094 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E54
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 84)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.59, 20.78, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.59, 37.66, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(28.1% 0.0279 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(28.1% 0.094 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9391, 2.0196, 8.6207)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E54 #4A541E

analogous

#1E2F54 #281E54 #431E54

triadic

#281E54 #54281E #1E5428

tetradic

#281E54 #541E2F #4A541E #1E5443

square

#281E54 #541E2F #4A541E #1E5443

split-complementary

#281E54 #54431E #2F541E

monochromatic

#0B0817 #130E27 #281E54 #3D2E81 #533EAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#281E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E54

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E54	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.094 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665a85',
    500: '#281e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e54;
$custom-light: #665a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.281,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E54

secondary

#7C8945

accent

#D751BE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E54

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

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