#280A42#280A42

#280A42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.099 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A42
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 66)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.49, 27.38, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.49, 39.78, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.21% 0.0551 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(23.21% 0.099 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9668, 1.0616, 5.2545)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A42 #24420A

analogous

#0C0A42 #280A42 #420A40

triadic

#280A42 #42280A #0A4228

tetradic

#280A42 #420C0A #24420A #0A4042

square

#280A42 #420C0A #24420A #0A4042

split-complementary

#280A42 #40420A #0A420C

monochromatic

#10041B #10041B #280A42 #481277 #681AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#280A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A42

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A42	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.099 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654d77',
    500: '#280a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a42;
$custom-light: #654d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23211,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A42

secondary

#517F29

accent

#F0378D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A42

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

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