#281059#281059

#281059 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.120 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281059
RGB	rgb(40, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.88, 31.10, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.88, 50.05, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(26.3% 0.0424 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(26.3% 0.12 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.8630, 1.5428, 9.5962)
Luminance	0.0154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281059 #415910

analogous

#101C59 #281059 #4C1059

triadic

#281059 #592810 #105928

tetradic

#281059 #59101C #415910 #10594C

square

#281059 #59101C #415910 #10594C

split-complementary

#281059 #594C10 #1C5910

monochromatic

#0C051A #110725 #281059 #3F198D #5723C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.05

#281059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281059

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281059	1.00	16.05	1.31	16.05
#FFFFFF	16.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00235B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.120 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685189',
    500: '#281059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281059;
$custom-light: #685189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26295,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281059

secondary

#739233

accent

#EC3BB2

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #281059

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

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