#281279#281279

#281279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.158 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281279
RGB	rgb(40, 18, 121)
HSL	hsl(253, 74%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(253, 85%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 85.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.82, 39.99, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.82, 67.00, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(30.1% 0.0301 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(30.1% 0.158 281)
XYZ	xyz(4.5415, 2.2639, 18.2831)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281279 #637912

analogous

#122F79 #281279 #5C1279

triadic

#281279 #792812 #127928

tetradic

#281279 #79122F #637912 #12795C

square

#281279 #79122F #637912 #12795C

split-complementary

#281279 #795C12 #2F7912

monochromatic

#09041B #160A44 #281279 #3A1AAE #4E27DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#281279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#281279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281279

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281279	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 18, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.158 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f54a1',
    500: '#281279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281279;
$custom-light: #6f54a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 74.101,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30102,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281279

secondary

#96AF38

accent

#F137C9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281279

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

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