#281E85#281E85

#281E85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.162 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E85
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(246, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(246, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 37.63, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 67.11, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.02 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.162 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5716, 3.0726, 22.4852)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E85 #7B851E

analogous

#1E4885 #281E85 #5C1E85

triadic

#281E85 #85281E #1E8528

tetradic

#281E85 #851E48 #7B851E #1E855C

square

#281E85 #851E48 #7B851E #1E855C

split-complementary

#281E85 #855C1E #48851E

monochromatic

#0A0721 #191353 #281E85 #3729B7 #5648D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#281E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#281E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E85

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E85	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.162 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715caa',
    500: '#281e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e85;
$custom-light: #715caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.825,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32959,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E85

secondary

#ADB847

accent

#E642D6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E85

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

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