#280843#280843

#280843 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.103 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280843
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 67)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 88%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 88.1%, 0%, 73.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.24, 28.67, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.24, 41.48, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(23.06% 0.057 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(23.06% 0.103 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9748, 1.0300, 5.4039)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280843 #234308

analogous

#0A0843 #280843 #430841

triadic

#280843 #432808 #084328

tetradic

#280843 #430A08 #234308 #084143

square

#280843 #430A08 #234308 #084143

split-complementary

#280843 #414308 #08430A

monochromatic

#10031B #10031B #280843 #490F7A #6915B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.41

#280843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280843

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280843	1.00	17.41	1.21	17.41
#FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.103 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664c78',
    500: '#280843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280843;
$custom-light: #664c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.542,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23062,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280843

secondary

#508125

accent

#F5338C

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280843

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

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