#281779#281779

#281779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.154 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281779
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(250, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(250, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.66, 37.53, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.66, 64.42, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.69% 0.0273 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(30.69% 0.154 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6316, 2.4440, 18.3131)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281779 #687917

analogous

#173779 #281779 #591779

triadic

#281779 #792817 #177928

tetradic

#281779 #791737 #687917 #177959

square

#281779 #791737 #687917 #177959

split-complementary

#281779 #795917 #377917

monochromatic

#08051A #170D46 #281779 #3921AC #4F32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#281779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#281779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281779

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281779	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.154 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e57a1',
    500: '#281779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281779;
$custom-light: #6e57a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.408,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30691,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281779

secondary

#9BAE3E

accent

#EB3DCD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281779

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

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