#281139#281139

#281139 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.077 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281139
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 57)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.16, 20.84, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.16, 29.84, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(23.45% 0.0472 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(23.45% 0.077 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8139, 1.1474, 3.9960)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281139 #223911

analogous

#141139 #281139 #391136

triadic

#281139 #392811 #113928

tetradic

#281139 #391411 #223911 #113639

square

#281139 #391411 #223911 #113639

split-complementary

#281139 #363911 #113914

monochromatic

#110718 #110718 #281139 #491F68 #6A2D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.08

#281139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#281139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281139

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281139	1.00	17.08	1.23	17.08
#FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B1C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251923

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.077 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64506f',
    500: '#281139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281139;
$custom-light: #64506f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23449,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281139

secondary

#4E7234

accent

#DD4A89

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281139

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

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