#280C40#280C40

#280C40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.094 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C40
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 64)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 81.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.67, 25.79, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.67, 37.44, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(23.28% 0.0533 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(23.28% 0.094 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9317, 1.0842, 4.9570)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C40 #24400C

analogous

#0E0C40 #280C40 #400C3E

triadic

#280C40 #40280C #0C4028

tetradic

#280C40 #400E0C #24400C #0C3E40

square

#280C40 #400E0C #24400C #0C3E40

split-complementary

#280C40 #3E400C #0C400E

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #280C40 #481674 #681FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#280C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C40

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C40	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.094 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654d75',
    500: '#280c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c40;
$custom-light: #654d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23281,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C40

secondary

#517C2C

accent

#EB3D8D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C40

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

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