#280D37#280D37

#280D37 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.081 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D37
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 55)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.11, 22.73, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.11, 31.35, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(22.64% 0.0533 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(22.64% 0.081 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7085, 1.0148, 3.7196)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D37 #1C370D

analogous

#130D37 #280D37 #370D31

triadic

#280D37 #37280D #0D3728

tetradic

#280D37 #37130D #1C370D #0D3137

square

#280D37 #37130D #1C370D #0D3137

split-complementary

#280D37 #31370D #0D3713

monochromatic

#120619 #120619 #280D37 #4C1968 #70249A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.46

#280D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D37

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D37	1.00	17.46	1.20	17.46
#FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.081 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6e',
    500: '#280d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d37;
$custom-light: #644e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22639,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D37

secondary

#46722D

accent

#E5437D

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D37

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

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