#281970#281970

#281970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.140 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281970
RGB	rgb(40, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, 33.49, -47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 58.16, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0285 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.14 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1464, 2.3159, 15.5546)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281970 #617019

analogous

#193670 #281970 #541970

triadic

#281970 #702819 #197028

tetradic

#281970 #701936 #617019 #197054

square

#281970 #701936 #617019 #197054

split-complementary

#281970 #705419 #367019

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3E #281970 #3A24A2 #4E32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#281970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#281970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281970

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281970	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)

#002D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.140 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c589a',
    500: '#281970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281970;
$custom-light: #6c589a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29976,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281970

secondary

#94A540

accent

#E741CA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281970

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

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