#281F35#281F35

#281F35 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.042 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F35
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 53)
HSL	hsl(265, 26%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(265, 42%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 41.5%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.76, 9.95, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.76, 16.22, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(26.05% 0.0225 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(26.05% 0.042 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0075, 1.6881, 3.5876)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F35 #2C351F

analogous

#1F2135 #281F35 #331F35

triadic

#281F35 #35281F #1F3528

tetradic

#281F35 #351F21 #2C351F #1F3533

square

#281F35 #351F21 #2C351F #1F3533

split-complementary

#281F35 #35331F #21351F

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #281F35 #45365C #624C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.70

#281F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#281F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F35

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F35	1.00	15.70	1.34	15.70
#FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.042 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625a6c',
    500: '#281f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f35;
$custom-light: #625a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26046,
    "c": 0.04199,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F35

secondary

#5B6848

accent

#C3659C

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F35

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

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