#281138#281138

#281138 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.075 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281138
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 56)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.09, 20.56, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.09, 29.21, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(23.37% 0.0472 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(23.37% 0.075 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7892, 1.1376, 3.8659)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281138 #213811

analogous

#151138 #281138 #381135

triadic

#281138 #382811 #113828

tetradic

#281138 #381511 #213811 #113538

square

#281138 #381511 #213811 #113538

split-complementary

#281138 #353811 #113815

monochromatic

#110717 #110717 #281138 #4A1F67 #6B2E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.11

#281138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#281138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281138

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281138	1.00	17.11	1.23	17.11
#FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C1C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.075 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63506f',
    500: '#281138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281138;
$custom-light: #63506f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2337,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281138

secondary

#4D7134

accent

#DD4B87

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281138

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

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