#281877#281877

#281877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.150 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281877
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(250, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.63, 36.35, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.63, 62.74, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(30.6% 0.0273 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(30.6% 0.15 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5304, 2.4359, 17.6806)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281877 #677718

analogous

#183777 #281877 #571877

triadic

#281877 #772818 #187728

tetradic

#281877 #771837 #677718 #187757

square

#281877 #771837 #677718 #187757

split-complementary

#281877 #775718 #377718

monochromatic

#090519 #170E44 #281877 #3922AA #4F33D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#281877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#281877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281877

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281877	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.150 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e589f',
    500: '#281877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281877;
$custom-light: #6e589f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.105,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30598,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281877

secondary

#9AAC3F

accent

#E93ECD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281877

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

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