#281E57#281E57

#281E57 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.099 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E57
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.84, 21.81, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.84, 39.59, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(28.36% 0.0277 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(28.36% 0.099 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0591, 2.0676, 9.2529)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E57 #4D571E

analogous

#1E3057 #281E57 #441E57

triadic

#281E57 #57281E #1E5728

tetradic

#281E57 #571E30 #4D571E #1E5744

square

#281E57 #571E30 #4D571E #1E5744

split-complementary

#281E57 #57441E #30571E

monochromatic

#0A0817 #130E29 #281E57 #3D2E85 #523DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#281E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E57

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E57	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.099 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675a87',
    500: '#281e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e57;
$custom-light: #675a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2836,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E57

secondary

#808C45

accent

#D850C0

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E57

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

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