#281971#281971

#281971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.141 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281971
RGB	rgb(40, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.17, 33.82, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.17, 58.73, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% 0.0282 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.141 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2024, 2.3383, 15.8495)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281971 #627119

analogous

#193671 #281971 #541971

triadic

#281971 #712819 #197128

tetradic

#281971 #711936 #627119 #197154

square

#281971 #711936 #627119 #197154

split-complementary

#281971 #715419 #367119

monochromatic

#090619 #160E3F #281971 #3A24A3 #4E33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#281971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#281971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281971

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281971	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.141 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c589b',
    500: '#281971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281971;
$custom-light: #6c589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.227,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30083,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281971

secondary

#95A640

accent

#E741CB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #281971

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

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