#281E97#281E97

#281E97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.184 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E97
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(245, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 43.52, -63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 76.94, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0155 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.184 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9234, 3.6133, 29.6047)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E97 #8D971E

analogous

#1E5097 #281E97 #651E97

triadic

#281E97 #97281E #1E9728

tetradic

#281E97 #971E50 #8D971E #1E9765

square

#281E97 #971E50 #8D971E #1E9765

split-complementary

#281E97 #97651E #50971E

monochromatic

#0D0A31 #1A1464 #281E97 #3628CA #5E53DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#281E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#281E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E97

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E97	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.184 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755db7',
    500: '#281e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e97;
$custom-light: #755db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.959,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3497,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E97

secondary

#B7C051

accent

#EA3EDC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E97

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

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