#281F2E#281F2E

#281F2E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.030 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F2E
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 46)
HSL	hsl(276, 19%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 32.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.40, 7.96, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.40, 11.53, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(25.66% 0.0201 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(25.66% 0.03 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8581, 1.6284, 2.8007)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F2E #252E1F

analogous

#201F2E #281F2E #2E1F2D

triadic

#281F2E #2E281F #1F2E28

tetradic

#281F2E #2E201F #252E1F #1F2D2E

square

#281F2E #2E201F #252E1F #1F2D2E

split-complementary

#281F2E #2D2E1F #1F2E20

monochromatic

#100C12 #100C12 #281F2E #483853 #685077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#281F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#281F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F2E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F2E	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D222F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F232E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.030 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625a66',
    500: '#281f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f2e;
$custom-light: #625a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 19.481,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25657,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F2E

secondary

#526049

accent

#BC6C8C

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F2E

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

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