#280C38#280C38

#280C38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.084 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C38
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 56)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 78.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.99, 23.57, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.99, 32.60, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(22.57% 0.0546 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(22.57% 0.084 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7202, 0.9996, 3.8429)
Luminance	0.0100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C38 #1C380C

analogous

#120C38 #280C38 #380C32

triadic

#280C38 #38280C #0C3828

tetradic

#280C38 #38120C #1C380C #0C3238

square

#280C38 #38120C #1C380C #0C3238

split-complementary

#280C38 #32380C #0C3812

monochromatic

#120519 #120519 #280C38 #4C176A #70229D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.50

#280C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C38

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C38	1.00	17.50	1.20	17.50
#FFFFFF	17.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.084 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d6f',
    500: '#280c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c38;
$custom-light: #644d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22574,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C38

secondary

#46742C

accent

#E8407D

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C38

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

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