#281281#281281

#281281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.168 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281281
RGB	rgb(40, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(252, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.77, 42.42, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.77, 71.27, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0273 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.168 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0526, 2.4683, 20.9748)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281281 #6B8112

analogous

#123481 #281281 #601281

triadic

#281281 #812812 #128128

tetradic

#281281 #811234 #6B8112 #128160

square

#281281 #811234 #6B8112 #128160

split-complementary

#281281 #816012 #348112

monochromatic

#08041B #170B4B #281281 #3919B7 #502CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#281281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#281281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281281

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281281	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.168 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7155a7',
    500: '#281281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281281;
$custom-light: #7155a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.892,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31043,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281281

secondary

#9DB738

accent

#F236CD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281281

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

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