#280D3C#280D3C

#280D3C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.087 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D3C
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 60)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.52, 24.10, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.52, 34.40, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.06% 0.0527 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(23.06% 0.087 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8344, 1.0652, 4.3831)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D3C #213C0D

analogous

#110D3C #280D3C #3C0D39

triadic

#280D3C #3C280D #0D3C28

tetradic

#280D3C #3C110D #213C0D #0D393C

square

#280D3C #3C110D #213C0D #0D393C

split-complementary

#280D3C #393C0D #0D3C11

monochromatic

#110519 #110519 #280D3C #4A186E #6B23A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.31

#280D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D3C

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D3C	1.00	17.31	1.21	17.31
#FFFFFF	17.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251723

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.087 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e72',
    500: '#280d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d3c;
$custom-light: #644e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23063,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D3C

secondary

#4D782D

accent

#E74087

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D3C

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

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