#281EA7#281EA7

#281EA7 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.203 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281EA7
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 167)
HSL	hsl(244, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(244, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 82%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 48.57, -70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 85.29, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0114 -0.2028)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.203 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3121, 4.1688, 36.9183)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281EA7 #9DA71E

analogous

#1E58A7 #281EA7 #6C1EA7

triadic

#281EA7 #A7281E #1EA728

tetradic

#281EA7 #A71E58 #9DA71E #1EA76C

square

#281EA7 #A71E58 #9DA71E #1EA76C

split-complementary

#281EA7 #A76C1E #58A71E

monochromatic

#0F0B3F #1C1573 #281EA7 #362AD9 #675DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#281EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#281EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281EA7

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281EA7	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0033A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.203 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795ec3',
    500: '#281ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281ea7;
$custom-light: #795ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.38,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36817,
    "c": 0.20315,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281EA7

secondary

#BEC65B

accent

#EC3BDF

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F8

border

#CAC5D1

text

#0B0513

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #281EA7

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

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