#281140#281140

#281140 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.086 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281140
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 64)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.72, 22.88, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.72, 34.23, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(24.03% 0.0468 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(24.03% 0.086 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.0007, 1.2222, 4.9800)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281140 #294011

analogous

#111140 #281140 #3F1140

triadic

#281140 #402811 #114028

tetradic

#281140 #401111 #294011 #11403F

square

#281140 #401111 #294011 #11403F

split-complementary

#281140 #403F11 #114011

monochromatic

#0F0618 #0F0618 #281140 #461E70 #642BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#281140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281140

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281140	1.00	16.88	1.24	16.88
#FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.086 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645075',
    500: '#281140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281140;
$custom-light: #645075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24029,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281140

secondary

#577933

accent

#E14796

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #281140

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

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