#281778#281778

#281778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.152 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281778
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 80.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, 37.21, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 63.86, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.58% 0.0276 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(30.58% 0.152 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5706, 2.4196, 17.9918)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281778 #677817

analogous

#173778 #281778 #581778

triadic

#281778 #782817 #177828

tetradic

#281778 #781737 #677817 #177858

square

#281778 #781737 #677817 #177858

split-complementary

#281778 #785817 #377817

monochromatic

#09051A #170D45 #281778 #3921AB #4F32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#281778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#281778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281778

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281778	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.152 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e57a0',
    500: '#281778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281778;
$custom-light: #6e57a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.515,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30579,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281778

secondary

#9AAD3E

accent

#EB3DCC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281778

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

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