#281E89#281E89

#281E89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.167 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E89
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(246, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(246, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.77, 38.95, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.77, 69.34, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.4% 0.019 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.167 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8532, 3.1853, 23.9684)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E89 #7F891E

analogous

#1E4A89 #281E89 #5D1E89

triadic

#281E89 #89281E #1E8928

tetradic

#281E89 #891E4A #7F891E #1E895D

square

#281E89 #891E4A #7F891E #1E895D

split-complementary

#281E89 #895D1E #4A891E

monochromatic

#0B0825 #191357 #281E89 #3729BB #574AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#281E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#281E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E89

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E89	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00368C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.167 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715cad',
    500: '#281e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e89;
$custom-light: #715cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.607,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33398,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E89

secondary

#AFBA49

accent

#E741D8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E89

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

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