#281E59#281E59

#281E59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.102 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E59
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 89)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.01, 22.51, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.01, 40.86, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% 0.0276 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.102 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1420, 2.1008, 9.6892)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E59 #4F591E

analogous

#1E3159 #281E59 #451E59

triadic

#281E59 #59281E #1E5928

tetradic

#281E59 #591E31 #4F591E #1E5945

square

#281E59 #591E31 #4F591E #1E5945

split-complementary

#281E59 #59451E #31591E

monochromatic

#0A0817 #130F2B #281E59 #3D2D87 #513DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#281E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E59

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E59	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.102 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675a88',
    500: '#281e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e59;
$custom-light: #675a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28538,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E59

secondary

#828E45

accent

#D94FC2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E59

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

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