#281E6A#281E6A

#281E6A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.126 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E6A
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 106)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, 28.42, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 51.41, 303.56°)
OKLab	oklab(30.14% 0.0256 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(30.14% 0.126 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9401, 2.4200, 13.8924)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E6A #606A1E

analogous

#1E3A6A #281E6A #4E1E6A

triadic

#281E6A #6A281E #1E6A28

tetradic

#281E6A #6A1E3A #606A1E #1E6A4E

square

#281E6A #6A1E3A #606A1E #1E6A4E

split-complementary

#281E6A #6A4E1E #3A6A1E

monochromatic

#090718 #16113A #281E6A #3A2C9A #4D3BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#281E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#281E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E6A

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E6A	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.126 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5b95',
    500: '#281e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e6a;
$custom-light: #6a5b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30139,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E6A

secondary

#939E45

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E6A

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

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