#280C3D#280C3D

#280C3D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.090 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C3D
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 61)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.41, 24.94, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.41, 35.63, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(23.01% 0.0539 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(23.01% 0.09 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8487, 1.0510, 4.5194)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C3D #213D0C

analogous

#100C3D #280C3D #3D0C3A

triadic

#280C3D #3D280C #0C3D28

tetradic

#280C3D #3D100C #213D0C #0C3A3D

square

#280C3D #3D100C #213D0C #0C3A3D

split-complementary

#280C3D #3A3D0C #0C3D10

monochromatic

#11051A #11051A #280C3D #4A1670 #6B20A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.35

#280C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C3D

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C3D	1.00	17.35	1.21	17.35
#FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241723

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.090 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d73',
    500: '#280c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c3d;
$custom-light: #644d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23009,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C3D

secondary

#4D792C

accent

#EA3E88

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C3D

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

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