#280C41#280C41

#280C41 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.095 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C41
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 65)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.76, 26.07, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.76, 38.05, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(23.37% 0.0531 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(23.37% 0.095 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9605, 1.0957, 5.1082)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C41 #25410C

analogous

#0D0C41 #280C41 #410C3F

triadic

#280C41 #41280C #0C4128

tetradic

#280C41 #410D0C #25410C #0C3F41

square

#280C41 #410D0C #25410C #0C3F41

split-complementary

#280C41 #3F410C #0C410D

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #280C41 #481675 #681FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.22

#280C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C41

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C41	1.00	17.22	1.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.095 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e76',
    500: '#280c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c41;
$custom-light: #654e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23373,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C41

secondary

#527D2C

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C41

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

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