#281561#281561

#281561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.125 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281561
RGB	rgb(40, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.68, 30.87, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.68, 51.82, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(27.82% 0.0356 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(27.82% 0.125 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3003, 1.8503, 11.4902)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281561 #4E6115

analogous

#152861 #281561 #4E1561

triadic

#281561 #612815 #156128

tetradic

#281561 #611528 #4E6115 #15614E

square

#281561 #611528 #4E6115 #15614E

split-complementary

#281561 #614E15 #286115

monochromatic

#0A0519 #130A2F #281561 #3D2093 #512BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.33

#281561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#281561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281561

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281561	1.00	15.33	1.37	15.33
#FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.125 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69548f',
    500: '#281561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281561;
$custom-light: #69548f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27817,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281561

secondary

#81983A

accent

#E740BE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE8F0

border

#C6C4CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #281561

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

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