#281480#281480

#281480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.165 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281480
RGB	rgb(40, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 41.21, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 69.80, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.14% 0.0267 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(31.14% 0.165 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0203, 2.5095, 20.6377)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281480 #6C8014

analogous

#143680 #281480 #5E1480

triadic

#281480 #802814 #148028

tetradic

#281480 #801436 #6C8014 #14805E

square

#281480 #801436 #6C8014 #14805E

split-complementary

#281480 #805E14 #368014

monochromatic

#08041A #170C4B #281480 #391CB5 #5030DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#281480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#281480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281480

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281480	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.165 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7056a6',
    500: '#281480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281480;
$custom-light: #7056a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31137,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281480

secondary

#9EB53B

accent

#F038CE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281480

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

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