#28156D#28156D

#28156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.140 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28156D
RGB	rgb(40, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.96, 34.74, -47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.96, 58.78, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.1% 0.0322 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(29.1% 0.14 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9027, 2.0913, 14.6630)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28156D #5A6D15

analogous

#152E6D #28156D #54156D

triadic

#28156D #6D2815 #156D28

tetradic

#28156D #6D152E #5A6D15 #156D54

square

#28156D #6D152E #5A6D15 #156D54

split-complementary

#28156D #6D5415 #2E6D15

monochromatic

#09051A #150B3A #28156D #3B1FA0 #4E29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#28156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#28156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28156D

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28156D	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.140 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5598',
    500: '#28156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28156d;
$custom-light: #6c5598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.955,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29102,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28156D

secondary

#8DA33A

accent

#EB3DC5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #28156D

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

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