#281F50#281F50

#281F50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.086 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F50
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 80)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 61.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.54, 18.70, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.54, 34.32, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% 0.0266 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.086 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8126, 2.0102, 7.8277)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F50 #47501F

analogous

#1F2F50 #281F50 #411F50

triadic

#281F50 #50281F #1F5028

tetradic

#281F50 #501F2F #47501F #1F5041

square

#281F50 #501F2F #47501F #1F5041

split-complementary

#281F50 #50411F #2F501F

monochromatic

#0B0916 #120E24 #281F50 #3E307C #5441A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#281F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F50

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F50	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04264F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.086 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655b81',
    500: '#281f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f50;
$custom-light: #655b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27962,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F50

secondary

#798546

accent

#D454BC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06040A

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F50

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

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