#280A40#280A40

#280A40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.097 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A40
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 64)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 84.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.31, 26.82, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.31, 38.59, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(23.02% 0.0556 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(23.02% 0.097 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9088, 1.0384, 4.9494)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A40 #22400A

analogous

#0D0A40 #280A40 #400A3D

triadic

#280A40 #40280A #0A4028

tetradic

#280A40 #400D0A #22400A #0A3D40

square

#280A40 #400D0A #22400A #0A3D40

split-complementary

#280A40 #3D400A #0A400D

monochromatic

#11041A #11041A #280A40 #491275 #6A1BAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.39

#280A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A40

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A40	1.00	17.39	1.21	17.39
#FFFFFF	17.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.39	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: #280a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.097 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654c75',
    500: '#280a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a40;
$custom-light: #654c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23021,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A40

secondary

#4E7D29

accent

#F0388A

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A40

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

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