#280C4F#280C4F

#280C4F is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.112 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C4F
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 79)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.12, 30.13, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.12, 46.39, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(24.75% 0.0492 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(24.75% 0.112 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4174, 1.2785, 7.5150)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C4F #334F0C

analogous

#0C114F #280C4F #490C4F

triadic

#280C4F #4F280C #0C4F28

tetradic

#280C4F #4F0C11 #334F0C #0C4F49

square

#280C4F #4F0C11 #334F0C #0C4F49

split-complementary

#280C4F #4F490C #114F0C

monochromatic

#0D041B #0D041B #280C4F #431484 #5E1CB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.72

#280C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C4F

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C4F	1.00	16.72	1.26	16.72
#FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.112 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#674e81',
    500: '#280c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c4f;
$custom-light: #674e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24751,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C4F

secondary

#638B2C

accent

#F038A3

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C4F

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

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