#280942#280942

#280942 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.100 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280942
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 66)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 86.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.32, 27.88, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.32, 40.34, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(23.09% 0.0562 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(23.09% 0.1 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9559, 1.0398, 5.2509)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280942 #234209

analogous

#0C0942 #280942 #420940

triadic

#280942 #422809 #094228

tetradic

#280942 #420C09 #234209 #094042

square

#280942 #420C09 #234209 #094042

split-complementary

#280942 #404209 #09420C

monochromatic

#10041B #10041B #280942 #491078 #6918AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.38

#280942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280942

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280942	1.00	17.38	1.21	17.38
#FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.100 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654c77',
    500: '#280942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280942;
$custom-light: #654c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23088,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280942

secondary

#508027

accent

#F3358C

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280942

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

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