#280D38#280D38

#280D38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.082 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D38
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 56)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.19, 23.00, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.19, 31.96, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(22.72% 0.0532 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(22.72% 0.082 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.7327, 1.0245, 3.8471)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D38 #1D380D

analogous

#120D38 #280D38 #380D32

triadic

#280D38 #38280D #0D3828

tetradic

#280D38 #38120D #1D380D #0D3238

square

#280D38 #38120D #1D380D #0D3238

split-complementary

#280D38 #32380D #0D3812

monochromatic

#120619 #120619 #280D38 #4B196A #6F249B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.43

#280D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D38

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D38	1.00	17.43	1.20	17.43
#FFFFFF	17.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.082 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6f',
    500: '#280d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d38;
$custom-light: #644e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22722,
    "c": 0.08217,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D38

secondary

#47732D

accent

#E5427F

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D38

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

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