#281E80#281E80

#281E80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.155 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E80
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 128)
HSL	hsl(246, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(246, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 35.95, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 64.30, 304.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0211 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.155 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2344, 2.9377, 20.7091)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E80 #76801E

analogous

#1E4580 #281E80 #591E80

triadic

#281E80 #80281E #1E8028

tetradic

#281E80 #801E45 #76801E #1E8059

square

#281E80 #801E45 #76801E #1E8059

split-complementary

#281E80 #80591E #45801E

monochromatic

#09071D #19124E #281E80 #372AB2 #5445D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#281E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#281E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E80

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E80	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.155 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5ca6',
    500: '#281e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e80;
$custom-light: #6f5ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.122,
    "s": 62.025,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32416,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E80

secondary

#A8B347

accent

#E543D5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E80

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

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