#281E96#281E96

#281E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.183 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E96
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(245, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 43.19, -63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 76.40, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.86% 0.0158 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(34.86% 0.183 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8425, 3.5810, 29.1788)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E96 #8C961E

analogous

#1E5096 #281E96 #641E96

triadic

#281E96 #96281E #1E9628

tetradic

#281E96 #961E50 #8C961E #1E9664

square

#281E96 #961E50 #8C961E #1E9664

split-complementary

#281E96 #96641E #50961E

monochromatic

#0D0A30 #1A1463 #281E96 #3628C9 #5E52DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#281E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#281E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E96

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E96	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.183 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755db6',
    500: '#281e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e96;
$custom-light: #755db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34856,
    "c": 0.18293,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E96

secondary

#B6BF50

accent

#EA3EDB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E96

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

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