#281E98#281E98

#281E98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.185 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E98
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 152)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(245, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 43.84, -63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 77.47, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0153 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.185 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0050, 3.6460, 30.0342)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E98 #8E981E

analogous

#1E5198 #281E98 #651E98

triadic

#281E98 #98281E #1E9828

tetradic

#281E98 #981E51 #8E981E #1E9865

square

#281E98 #981E51 #8E981E #1E9865

split-complementary

#281E98 #98651E #51981E

monochromatic

#0D0A32 #1B1465 #281E98 #3528CB #5F53DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#281E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#281E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E98

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E98	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.185 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755db8',
    500: '#281e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e98;
$custom-light: #755db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.918,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35084,
    "c": 0.18535,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E98

secondary

#B7C051

accent

#EA3EDC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E98

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

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