#28176A#28176A

#28176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.134 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28176A
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.03, 32.66, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.03, 55.88, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(29.05% 0.0316 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(29.05% 0.134 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7822, 2.1043, 13.8397)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28176A #596A17

analogous

#17306A #28176A #51176A

triadic

#28176A #6A2817 #176A28

tetradic

#28176A #6A1730 #596A17 #176A51

square

#28176A #6A1730 #596A17 #176A51

split-complementary

#28176A #6A5117 #306A17

monochromatic

#090519 #150C38 #28176A #3B229C #4E2DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#28176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#28176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28176A

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28176A	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#012E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.134 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5696',
    500: '#28176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28176a;
$custom-light: #6b5696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29051,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28176A

secondary

#8CA03D

accent

#E740C5

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #28176A

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

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