#280841#280841

#280841 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.100 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280841
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 65)
HSL	hsl(274, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(274, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 87.7%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.04, 28.12, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.04, 40.31, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(22.87% 0.0576 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(22.87% 0.1 305)
XYZ	xyz(1.9158, 1.0064, 5.0933)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280841 #214108

analogous

#0C0841 #280841 #41083E

triadic

#280841 #412808 #084128

tetradic

#280841 #410C08 #214108 #083E41

square

#280841 #410C08 #214108 #083E41

split-complementary

#280841 #3E4108 #08410C

monochromatic

#11031B #11031B #280841 #4A0F77 #6B15AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.48

#280841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280841

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280841	1.00	17.48	1.20	17.48
#FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231724

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.100 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654b76',
    500: '#280841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280841;
$custom-light: #654b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22866,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.01006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280841

secondary

#4D7F25

accent

#F53388

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280841

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

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