#281872#281872

#281872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.144 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281872
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 34.72, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 59.90, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(30.05% 0.0287 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(30.05% 0.144 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2380, 2.3190, 16.1406)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281872 #627218

analogous

#183572 #281872 #551872

triadic

#281872 #722818 #187228

tetradic

#281872 #721835 #627218 #187255

square

#281872 #721835 #627218 #187255

split-complementary

#281872 #725518 #357218

monochromatic

#090519 #160D3F #281872 #3A23A5 #4E31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#281872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281872

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281872	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.144 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d579c',
    500: '#281872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281872;
$custom-light: #6d579c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30051,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281872

secondary

#95A73E

accent

#E840CA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281872

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

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