#281878#281878

#281878 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.151 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281878
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(250, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 80%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.74, 36.67, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.74, 63.30, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(30.71% 0.027 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(30.71% 0.151 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5908, 2.4601, 17.9986)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281878 #687818

analogous

#183878 #281878 #581878

triadic

#281878 #782818 #187828

tetradic

#281878 #781838 #687818 #187858

square

#281878 #781838 #687818 #187858

split-complementary

#281878 #785818 #387818

monochromatic

#08051A #170E45 #281878 #3922AB #4F34D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#281878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#281878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281878

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281878	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.151 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e58a0',
    500: '#281878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281878;
$custom-light: #6e58a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30709,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281878

secondary

#9BAD3F

accent

#EA3ECD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #281878

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

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