#221828#221828

#221828 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.033 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#221828
RGB	rgb(34, 24, 40)
HSL	hsl(278, 25%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 40%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.16, 8.91, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.16, 12.68, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(22.9% 0.0225 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(22.9% 0.033 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3693, 1.1466, 2.1562)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#221828 #1E2818

analogous

#1A1828 #221828 #281826

triadic

#221828 #282218 #182822

tetradic

#221828 #281A18 #1E2818 #182628

square

#221828 #281A18 #1E2818 #182628

split-complementary

#221828 #262818 #18281A

monochromatic

#100B13 #100B13 #221828 #432F4E #634674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.08

#221828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#221828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #221828

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##221828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##221828	1.00	17.08	1.23	17.08
#FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #221828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 24, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.033 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5462',
    500: '#221828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #221828;
$custom-light: #5d5462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#221828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22901,
    "c": 0.03341,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#221828

secondary

#4A5C40

accent

#C16689

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040205

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #221828

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

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