#281E86#281E86

#281E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.163 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E86
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(246, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(246, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 37.96, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 67.67, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.07% 0.0197 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(33.07% 0.163 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6410, 3.1004, 22.8508)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E86 #7C861E

analogous

#1E4886 #281E86 #5C1E86

triadic

#281E86 #86281E #1E8628

tetradic

#281E86 #861E48 #7C861E #1E865C

square

#281E86 #861E48 #7C861E #1E865C

split-complementary

#281E86 #865C1E #48861E

monochromatic

#0A0822 #191354 #281E86 #3729B8 #5648D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#281E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#281E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E86

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E86	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.163 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715caa',
    500: '#281e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e86;
$custom-light: #715caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33068,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E86

secondary

#ADB847

accent

#E641D7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E86

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

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