#281E58#281E58

#281E58 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.100 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E58
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 88)
HSL	hsl(250, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.92, 22.16, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.92, 40.23, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(28.45% 0.0277 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(28.45% 0.1 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1003, 2.0841, 9.4695)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E58 #4E581E

analogous

#1E3158 #281E58 #451E58

triadic

#281E58 #58281E #1E5828

tetradic

#281E58 #581E31 #4E581E #1E5845

square

#281E58 #581E31 #4E581E #1E5845

split-complementary

#281E58 #58451E #31581E

monochromatic

#0A0817 #130E2A #281E58 #3D2E86 #513DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#281E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E58

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E58	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.100 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675a88',
    500: '#281e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e58;
$custom-light: #675a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28449,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E58

secondary

#818D45

accent

#D94FC1

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E58

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

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