#281774#281774

#281774 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.147 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281774
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 116)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.11, 35.92, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.11, 61.62, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(30.14% 0.0288 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(30.14% 0.147 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3329, 2.3245, 16.7400)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281774 #637417

analogous

#173474 #281774 #571774

triadic

#281774 #742817 #177428

tetradic

#281774 #741734 #637417 #177457

square

#281774 #741734 #637417 #177457

split-complementary

#281774 #745717 #347417

monochromatic

#09051A #160D41 #281774 #3A21A7 #4E30D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#281774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#281774 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281774

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281774	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.147 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d579d',
    500: '#281774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281774;
$custom-light: #6d579d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.968,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30135,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281774

secondary

#96A93D

accent

#EA3ECA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281774

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

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