#281E60#281E60

#281E60 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.112 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E60
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(249, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(249, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.62, 24.94, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.62, 45.27, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.027 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.112 284)
XYZ	xyz(3.4500, 2.2240, 11.3115)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E60 #56601E

analogous

#1E3560 #281E60 #491E60

triadic

#281E60 #60281E #1E6028

tetradic

#281E60 #601E35 #56601E #1E6049

square

#281E60 #601E35 #56601E #1E6049

split-complementary

#281E60 #60491E #35601E

monochromatic

#0A0717 #150F31 #281E60 #3B2D8F #4F3BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#281E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#281E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E60

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E60	1.00	14.53	1.44	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.112 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685a8e',
    500: '#281e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e60;
$custom-light: #685a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29177,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.02224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E60

secondary

#899545

accent

#DC4CC6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E60

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

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