#281137#281137

#281137 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.074 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281137
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 55)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.01, 20.27, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.01, 28.59, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(23.29% 0.0472 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(23.29% 0.074 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7650, 1.1279, 3.7384)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281137 #203711

analogous

#151137 #281137 #371133

triadic

#281137 #372811 #113728

tetradic

#281137 #371511 #203711 #113337

square

#281137 #371511 #203711 #113337

split-complementary

#281137 #333711 #113715

monochromatic

#110717 #110717 #281137 #4A1F66 #6C2E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.13

#281137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#281137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281137

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281137	1.00	17.13	1.23	17.13
#FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#041A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261821

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.074 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63506e',
    500: '#281137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281137;
$custom-light: #63506e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23292,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281137

secondary

#4C7034

accent

#DC4C85

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281137

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

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