#280C4E#280C4E

#280C4E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.111 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C4E
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 78)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 84.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.02, 29.83, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.02, 45.80, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(24.65% 0.0495 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(24.65% 0.111 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3813, 1.2641, 7.3248)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C4E #324E0C

analogous

#0C114E #280C4E #490C4E

triadic

#280C4E #4E280C #0C4E28

tetradic

#280C4E #4E0C11 #324E0C #0C4E49

square

#280C4E #4E0C11 #324E0C #0C4E49

split-complementary

#280C4E #4E490C #114E0C

monochromatic

#0E041B #0E041B #280C4E #431483 #5E1CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#280C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C4E

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C4E	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.111 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#674e80',
    500: '#280c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c4e;
$custom-light: #674e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24648,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C4E

secondary

#628A2C

accent

#F038A2

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C4E

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

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