#280D36#280D36

#280D36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.080 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D36
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 54)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.04, 22.45, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.04, 30.74, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(22.56% 0.0533 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(22.56% 0.08 312)
XYZ	xyz(1.6847, 1.0053, 3.5946)
Luminance	0.0100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D36 #1B360D

analogous

#130D36 #280D36 #360D2F

triadic

#280D36 #36280D #0D3628

tetradic

#280D36 #36130D #1B360D #0D2F36

square

#280D36 #36130D #1B360D #0D2F36

split-complementary

#280D36 #2F360D #0D3613

monochromatic

#120619 #120619 #280D36 #4D1967 #712599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.49

#280D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D36

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D36	1.00	17.49	1.20	17.49
#FFFFFF	17.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.080 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6d',
    500: '#280d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d36;
$custom-light: #644e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22557,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.01005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D36

secondary

#45712D

accent

#E4437A

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D36

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

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