#281E5A#281E5A

#281E5A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.103 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E5A
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 90)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.09, 22.85, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.09, 41.50, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% 0.0275 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.103 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1843, 2.1177, 9.9118)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E5A #505A1E

analogous

#1E325A #281E5A #461E5A

triadic

#281E5A #5A281E #1E5A28

tetradic

#281E5A #5A1E32 #505A1E #1E5A46

square

#281E5A #5A1E32 #505A1E #1E5A46

split-complementary

#281E5A #5A461E #325A1E

monochromatic

#0A0817 #140F2C #281E5A #3C2D88 #513DB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#281E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E5A

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E5A	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#152C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.103 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675a89',
    500: '#281e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e5a;
$custom-light: #675a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28627,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E5A

secondary

#838F45

accent

#DA4EC2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E5A

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

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