#281E95#281E95

#281E95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.182 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E95
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(245, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(245, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 42.87, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 75.87, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.016 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.182 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7624, 3.5489, 28.7566)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E95 #8B951E

analogous

#1E5095 #281E95 #631E95

triadic

#281E95 #95281E #1E9528

tetradic

#281E95 #951E50 #8B951E #1E9563

square

#281E95 #951E50 #8B951E #1E9563

split-complementary

#281E95 #95631E #50951E

monochromatic

#0D092F #1A1462 #281E95 #3628C8 #5D51DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#281E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#281E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E95

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E95	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.182 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745db5',
    500: '#281e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e95;
$custom-light: #745db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.042,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34743,
    "c": 0.18171,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E95

secondary

#B6BF50

accent

#E93EDB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E95

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

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