#280D3D#280D3D

#280D3D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.089 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D3D
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 61)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.61, 24.39, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.61, 35.01, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(23.15% 0.0526 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(23.15% 0.089 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8611, 1.0759, 4.5236)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D3D #223D0D

analogous

#100D3D #280D3D #3D0D3A

triadic

#280D3D #3D280D #0D3D28

tetradic

#280D3D #3D100D #223D0D #0D3A3D

square

#280D3D #3D100D #223D0D #0D3A3D

split-complementary

#280D3D #3A3D0D #0D3D10

monochromatic

#110519 #110519 #280D3D #49186F #6A23A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.28

#280D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280D3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D3D

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D3D	1.00	17.28	1.22	17.28
#FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.089 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e73',
    500: '#280d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d3d;
$custom-light: #644e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23151,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D3D

secondary

#4E792D

accent

#E84089

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D3D

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

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