#281181#281181

#281181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.168 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281181
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 129)
HSL	hsl(252, 77%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 87%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 86.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.63, 42.85, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.63, 71.72, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% 0.0277 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.168 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0367, 2.4366, 20.9695)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281181 #6A8111

analogous

#113281 #281181 #601181

triadic

#281181 #812811 #118128

tetradic

#281181 #811132 #6A8111 #118160

square

#281181 #811132 #6A8111 #118160

split-complementary

#281181 #816011 #328111

monochromatic

#08041B #170A4B #281181 #3918B7 #502AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#281181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#281181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281181

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281181	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.168 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7155a7',
    500: '#281181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281181;
$custom-light: #7155a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.321,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30943,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281181

secondary

#9DB737

accent

#F335CC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281181

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

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