#281E65#281E65

#281E65 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.119 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E65
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 101)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(248, 70%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 26.68, -40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 48.36, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0263 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.119 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6876, 2.3190, 12.5627)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E65 #5B651E

analogous

#1E3765 #281E65 #4B1E65

triadic

#281E65 #65281E #1E6528

tetradic

#281E65 #651E37 #5B651E #1E654B

square

#281E65 #651E37 #5B651E #1E654B

split-complementary

#281E65 #654B1E #37651E

monochromatic

#090718 #151036 #281E65 #3B2C94 #4D3AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#281E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E65

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E65	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08303E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.119 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695a92',
    500: '#281e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e65;
$custom-light: #695a92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.451,
    "s": 54.198,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29652,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E65

secondary

#8E9A45

accent

#DE4AC9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E65

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

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