#280C3A#280C3A

#280C3A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.086 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C3A
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 58)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 79.3%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.15, 24.11, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.15, 33.81, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(22.75% 0.0543 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(22.75% 0.086 309)
XYZ	xyz(1.7701, 1.0196, 4.1057)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C3A #1E3A0C

analogous

#110C3A #280C3A #3A0C35

triadic

#280C3A #3A280C #0C3A28

tetradic

#280C3A #3A110C #1E3A0C #0C353A

square

#280C3A #3A110C #1E3A0C #0C353A

split-complementary

#280C3A #353A0C #0C3A11

monochromatic

#110519 #110519 #280C3A #4B166D #6E219F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.44

#280C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280C3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C3A

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C3A	1.00	17.44	1.20	17.44
#FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.086 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d70',
    500: '#280c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c3a;
$custom-light: #644d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22745,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.0102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C3A

secondary

#49762C

accent

#E93F81

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C3A

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

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