#281581#281581

#281581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.165 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281581
RGB	rgb(40, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.24, 41.05, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.24, 69.84, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(31.36% 0.0259 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(31.36% 0.165 279)
XYZ	xyz(5.1044, 2.5720, 20.9921)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281581 #6E8115

analogous

#153881 #281581 #5E1581

triadic

#281581 #812815 #158128

tetradic

#281581 #811538 #6E8115 #15815E

square

#281581 #811538 #6E8115 #15815E

split-complementary

#281581 #815E15 #388115

monochromatic

#08041A #180C4C #281581 #381EB6 #5133DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#281581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#281581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281581

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281581	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.165 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7057a7',
    500: '#281581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281581;
$custom-light: #7057a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.556,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31364,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.02572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281581

secondary

#A0B63C

accent

#EF39CF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281581

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

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