#281E7C#281E7C

#281E7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.150 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E7C
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 124)
HSL	hsl(246, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(246, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.37, 34.60, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.37, 62.01, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.99% 0.022 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(31.99% 0.15 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9763, 2.8345, 19.3497)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E7C #727C1E

analogous

#1E437C #281E7C #571E7C

triadic

#281E7C #7C281E #1E7C28

tetradic

#281E7C #7C1E43 #727C1E #1E7C57

square

#281E7C #7C1E43 #727C1E #1E7C57

split-complementary

#281E7C #7C571E #437C1E

monochromatic

#080619 #18124B #281E7C #382AAD #5243D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#281E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#281E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E7C

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E7C	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.150 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5ba3',
    500: '#281e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e7c;
$custom-light: #6e5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.383,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31988,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E7C

secondary

#A4AF46

accent

#E444D3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E7C

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

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