#280C42#280C42

#280C42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.096 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C42
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 81.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.86, 26.35, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.86, 38.65, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(23.47% 0.0529 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(23.47% 0.096 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9897, 1.1074, 5.2621)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C42 #26420C

analogous

#0D0C42 #280C42 #420C41

triadic

#280C42 #42280C #0C4228

tetradic

#280C42 #420D0C #26420C #0C4142

square

#280C42 #420D0C #26420C #0C4142

split-complementary

#280C42 #41420C #0C420D

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #280C42 #471576 #671FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.19

#280C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C42

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C42	1.00	17.19	1.22	17.19
#FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.096 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e77',
    500: '#280c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c42;
$custom-light: #654e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23466,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C42

secondary

#537E2C

accent

#EC3C91

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C42

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

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