#280A38#280A38

#280A38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.087 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A38
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 56)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.60, 24.65, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.60, 33.82, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(22.3% 0.0572 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(22.3% 0.087 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6973, 0.9538, 3.8353)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A38 #1A380A

analogous

#110A38 #280A38 #380A31

triadic

#280A38 #38280A #0A3828

tetradic

#280A38 #38110A #1A380A #0A3138

square

#280A38 #38110A #1A380A #0A3138

split-complementary

#280A38 #31380A #0A3811

monochromatic

#13051A #13051A #280A38 #4D136C #721DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.64

#280A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A38

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A38	1.00	17.64	1.19	17.64
#FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#051937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261420

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.087 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6f',
    500: '#280a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a38;
$custom-light: #644c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22297,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A38

secondary

#437528

accent

#ED3B79

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A38

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

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