#281172#281172

#281172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.150 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281172
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(254, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.83, 38.31, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.83, 63.68, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0331 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.15 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1118, 2.0666, 16.0985)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281172 #5B7211

analogous

#112A72 #281172 #581172

triadic

#281172 #722811 #117228

tetradic

#281172 #72112A #5B7211 #117258

square

#281172 #72112A #5B7211 #117258

split-complementary

#281172 #725811 #2A7211

monochromatic

#09041B #15093D #281172 #3B19A7 #4D21DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#281172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#281172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281172

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281172	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.150 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d539c',
    500: '#281172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281172;
$custom-light: #6d539c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.227,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29183,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281172

secondary

#8EA936

accent

#F137C5

background

#F7F4F9

surface

#EDE8F2

border

#C8C4CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281172

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

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