#281056#281056

#281056 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.117 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281056
RGB	rgb(40, 16, 86)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 81.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.57, 30.17, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.57, 48.28, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(25.98% 0.0433 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(25.98% 0.117 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.7396, 1.4935, 8.9462)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281056 #3E5610

analogous

#101B56 #281056 #4B1056

triadic

#281056 #562810 #105628

tetradic

#281056 #56101B #3E5610 #10564B

square

#281056 #56101B #3E5610 #10564B

split-complementary

#281056 #564B10 #1B5610

monochromatic

#0C051A #100622 #281056 #401A8A #5823BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#281056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281056

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281056	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 16, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.117 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685186',
    500: '#281056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281056;
$custom-light: #685186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25982,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281056

secondary

#708F32

accent

#EB3CAF

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281056

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

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