#280941#280941

#280941 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.099 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280941
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 65)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 86.2%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.22, 27.61, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.22, 39.74, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(22.99% 0.0565 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(22.99% 0.099 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9267, 1.0282, 5.0970)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280941 #224109

analogous

#0C0941 #280941 #41093E

triadic

#280941 #412809 #094128

tetradic

#280941 #410C09 #224109 #093E41

square

#280941 #410C09 #224109 #093E41

split-complementary

#280941 #3E4109 #09410C

monochromatic

#11041B #11041B #280941 #491077 #6A18AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.42

#280941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280941

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280941	1.00	17.42	1.21	17.42
#FFFFFF	17.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.42	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: #280941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.099 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654c76',
    500: '#280941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280941;
$custom-light: #654c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22991,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280941

secondary

#4E7F27

accent

#F2368A

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280941

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

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