#281170#281170

#281170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.148 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281170
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 112)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 84.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 37.70, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 62.59, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0338 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.148 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9992, 2.0216, 15.5056)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281170 #597011

analogous

#112A70 #281170 #571170

triadic

#281170 #702811 #117028

tetradic

#281170 #70112A #597011 #117057

square

#281170 #70112A #597011 #117057

split-complementary

#281170 #705711 #2A7011

monochromatic

#09041B #15093B #281170 #3B19A5 #4E21DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#281170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#281170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281170

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281170	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.148 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d539a',
    500: '#281170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281170;
$custom-light: #6d539a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.526,
    "s": 73.643,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28953,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281170

secondary

#8CA735

accent

#F037C4

background

#F7F4F9

surface

#EDE7F2

border

#C8C3CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281170

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

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