#280C3C#280C3C

#280C3C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.089 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C3C
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 60)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 80%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.32, 24.67, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.32, 35.02, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(22.92% 0.054 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(22.92% 0.089 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8220, 1.0403, 4.3789)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C3C #203C0C

analogous

#100C3C #280C3C #3C0C38

triadic

#280C3C #3C280C #0C3C28

tetradic

#280C3C #3C100C #203C0C #0C383C

square

#280C3C #3C100C #203C0C #0C383C

split-complementary

#280C3C #383C0C #0C3C10

monochromatic

#11051A #11051A #280C3C #4A166F #6C20A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.38

#280C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C3C

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C3C	1.00	17.38	1.21	17.38
#FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.089 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d72',
    500: '#280c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c3c;
$custom-light: #644d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2292,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C3C

secondary

#4C782C

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C3C

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

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