#281272#281272

#281272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.150 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281272
RGB	rgb(40, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(254, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(254, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 37.84, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 63.19, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(29.29% 0.0325 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(29.29% 0.15 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1277, 2.0983, 16.1038)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281272 #5C7212

analogous

#122C72 #281272 #581272

triadic

#281272 #722812 #127228

tetradic

#281272 #72122C #5C7212 #127258

square

#281272 #72122C #5C7212 #127258

split-complementary

#281272 #725812 #2C7212

monochromatic

#09041A #150A3D #281272 #3B1AA7 #4D23DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#281272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#281272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281272

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281272	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.150 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d549c',
    500: '#281272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281272;
$custom-light: #6d549c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29294,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281272

secondary

#8FA937

accent

#EF38C5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE8F2

border

#C8C4CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281272

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

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