#281131#281131

#281131 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.066 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281131
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 49)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.59, 18.63, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.59, 24.86, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(22.85% 0.0469 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(22.85% 0.066 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6298, 1.0738, 3.0265)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281131 #1A3111

analogous

#181131 #281131 #31112A

triadic

#281131 #312811 #113128

tetradic

#281131 #311811 #1A3111 #112A31

square

#281131 #311811 #1A3111 #112A31

split-complementary

#281131 #2A3111 #113118

monochromatic

#130817 #130817 #281131 #4D215E #72318C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.29

#281131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#281131 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281131

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281131	1.00	17.29	1.21	17.29
#FFFFFF	17.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27161E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.066 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635069',
    500: '#281131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281131;
$custom-light: #635069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22846,
    "c": 0.06562,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281131

secondary

#436A34

accent

#D85076

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050206

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281131

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

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