#280940#280940

#280940 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.098 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280940
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 64)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 85.9%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.13, 27.33, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.13, 39.15, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(22.9% 0.0567 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(22.9% 0.098 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8980, 1.0167, 4.9457)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280940 #214009

analogous

#0D0940 #280940 #40093D

triadic

#280940 #402809 #094028

tetradic

#280940 #400D09 #214009 #093D40

square

#280940 #400D09 #214009 #093D40

split-complementary

#280940 #3D4009 #09400D

monochromatic

#11041B #11041B #280940 #4A1176 #6B18AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.45

#280940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280940

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280940	1.00	17.45	1.20	17.45
#FFFFFF	17.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241724

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.098 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654c75',
    500: '#280940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280940;
$custom-light: #654c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22896,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280940

secondary

#4D7E27

accent

#F23688

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280940

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

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