#281E55#281E55

#281E55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.096 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E55
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 85)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 21.12, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 38.31, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.19% 0.0278 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(28.19% 0.096 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9786, 2.0354, 8.8285)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E55 #4B551E

analogous

#1E3055 #281E55 #431E55

triadic

#281E55 #55281E #1E5528

tetradic

#281E55 #551E30 #4B551E #1E5543

square

#281E55 #551E30 #4B551E #1E5543

split-complementary

#281E55 #55431E #30551E

monochromatic

#0B0817 #130E28 #281E55 #3D2E82 #533EAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.92

#281E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E55

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E55	1.00	14.92	1.41	14.92
#FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.096 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665a85',
    500: '#281e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e55;
$custom-light: #665a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28186,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E55

secondary

#7D8A45

accent

#D750BF

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E55

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

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