#281489#281489

#281489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.176 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281489
RGB	rgb(40, 20, 137)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(250, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.04, 43.96, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.04, 74.56, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0237 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.176 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6391, 2.7571, 23.8970)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281489 #758914

analogous

#143B89 #281489 #621489

triadic

#281489 #892814 #148928

tetradic

#281489 #89143B #758914 #148962

square

#281489 #89143B #758914 #148962

split-complementary

#281489 #896214 #3B8914

monochromatic

#09041E #180C54 #281489 #381CBE #5336E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#281489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#281489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281489

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281489	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 20, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.176 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7257ad',
    500: '#281489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281489;
$custom-light: #7257ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.256,
    "s": 74.522,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32197,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281489

secondary

#A7BD3C

accent

#F137D1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281489

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

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