#281E69#281E69

#281E69 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.125 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E69
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(248, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 28.07, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 50.80, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.04% 0.0257 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(30.04% 0.125 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8884, 2.3993, 13.6201)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E69 #5F691E

analogous

#1E3A69 #281E69 #4E1E69

triadic

#281E69 #69281E #1E6928

tetradic

#281E69 #691E3A #5F691E #1E694E

square

#281E69 #691E3A #5F691E #1E694E

split-complementary

#281E69 #694E1E #3A691E

monochromatic

#090718 #161039 #281E69 #3A2C99 #4D3BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#281E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#281E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E69

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E69	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#013140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.125 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5b95',
    500: '#281e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e69;
$custom-light: #6a5b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30041,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E69

secondary

#929E45

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E69

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

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