#280D3F#280D3F

#280D3F is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.091 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D3F
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 63)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.78, 24.95, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.78, 36.22, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(23.33% 0.0522 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(23.33% 0.091 305)
XYZ	xyz(1.9160, 1.0979, 4.8126)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D3F #243F0D

analogous

#0F0D3F #280D3F #3F0D3D

triadic

#280D3F #3F280D #0D3F28

tetradic

#280D3F #3F0F0D #243F0D #0D3D3F

square

#280D3F #3F0F0D #243F0D #0D3D3F

split-complementary

#280D3F #3D3F0D #0D3F0F

monochromatic

#100519 #100519 #280D3F #481772 #6822A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.22

#280D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280D3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D3F

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D3F	1.00	17.22	1.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.091 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e74',
    500: '#280d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d3f;
$custom-light: #654e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23329,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.01098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D3F

secondary

#517B2D

accent

#E93F8D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060108

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D3F

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

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