#280B41#280B41

#280B41 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.096 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B41
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 65)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.58, 26.60, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.58, 38.63, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(23.24% 0.0542 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(23.24% 0.096 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9487, 1.0721, 5.1043)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B41 #24410B

analogous

#0D0B41 #280B41 #410B3F

triadic

#280B41 #41280B #0B4128

tetradic

#280B41 #410D0B #24410B #0B3F41

square

#280B41 #410D0B #24410B #0B3F41

split-complementary

#280B41 #3F410B #0B410D

monochromatic

#10041A #10041A #280B41 #481475 #681DAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.29

#280B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B41

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B41	1.00	17.29	1.21	17.29
#FFFFFF	17.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.096 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654d76',
    500: '#280b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b41;
$custom-light: #654d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23241,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B41

secondary

#517E2A

accent

#EE3A8D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B41

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

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