#281F44#281F44

#281F44 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.067 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F44
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 68)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 54.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.67, 14.65, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.67, 26.37, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% 0.0257 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.067 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4082, 1.8484, 5.6976)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F44 #3B441F

analogous

#1F2944 #281F44 #3B1F44

triadic

#281F44 #44281F #1F4428

tetradic

#281F44 #441F29 #3B441F #1F443B

square

#281F44 #441F29 #3B441F #1F443B

split-complementary

#281F44 #443B1F #29441F

monochromatic

#0C0A15 #0F0C1A #281F44 #41326E #594598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.33

#281F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#281F44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F44

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F44	1.00	15.33	1.37	15.33
#FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.067 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a78',
    500: '#281f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f44;
$custom-light: #645a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27034,
    "c": 0.06704,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F44

secondary

#6C7846

accent

#CD5AB1

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050409

muted

#7A797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F44

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

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