#281E56#281E56

#281E56 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.097 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E56
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 86)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, 21.47, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 38.95, 303.45°)
OKLab	oklab(28.27% 0.0278 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(28.27% 0.097 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0186, 2.0514, 9.0392)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E56 #4C561E

analogous

#1E3056 #281E56 #441E56

triadic

#281E56 #56281E #1E5628

tetradic

#281E56 #561E30 #4C561E #1E5644

square

#281E56 #561E30 #4C561E #1E5644

split-complementary

#281E56 #56441E #30561E

monochromatic

#0B0817 #130E29 #281E56 #3D2E83 #523EB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#281E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E56

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E56	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.097 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665a86',
    500: '#281e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e56;
$custom-light: #665a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28273,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E56

secondary

#7E8B45

accent

#D850C0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E56

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

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