#281136#281136

#281136 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.072 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281136
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 54)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.94, 19.99, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.94, 27.96, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(23.22% 0.0472 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(23.22% 0.072 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7413, 1.1184, 3.6135)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281136 #1F3611

analogous

#161136 #281136 #361132

triadic

#281136 #362811 #113628

tetradic

#281136 #361611 #1F3611 #113236

square

#281136 #361611 #1F3611 #113236

split-complementary

#281136 #323611 #113616

monochromatic

#110717 #110717 #281136 #4A2065 #6D2E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.16

#281136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281136

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281136	1.00	17.16	1.22	17.16
#FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261821

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.072 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63506d',
    500: '#281136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281136;
$custom-light: #63506d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23215,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281136

secondary

#4A6F34

accent

#DC4C82

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281136

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

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