#280D40#280D40

#280D40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.092 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D40
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 64)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.87, 25.24, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.87, 36.84, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(23.42% 0.0521 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(23.42% 0.092 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9442, 1.1091, 4.9612)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D40 #25400D

analogous

#0F0D40 #280D40 #400D3E

triadic

#280D40 #40280D #0D4028

tetradic

#280D40 #400F0D #25400D #0D3E40

square

#280D40 #400F0D #25400D #0D3E40

split-complementary

#280D40 #3E400D #0D400F

monochromatic

#100519 #100519 #280D40 #481773 #6822A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.19

#280D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D40

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D40	1.00	17.19	1.22	17.19
#FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.092 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e75',
    500: '#280d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d40;
$custom-light: #654e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23419,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D40

secondary

#527C2D

accent

#E93F8F

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D40

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

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