#280D41#280D41

#280D41 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.094 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D41
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 65)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 80%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.96, 25.52, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.96, 37.44, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(23.51% 0.0519 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(23.51% 0.094 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9729, 1.1206, 5.1124)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D41 #26410D

analogous

#0E0D41 #280D41 #410D40

triadic

#280D41 #41280D #0D4128

tetradic

#280D41 #410E0D #26410D #0D4041

square

#280D41 #410E0D #26410D #0D4041

split-complementary

#280D41 #40410D #0D410E

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #280D41 #471774 #6721A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.15

#280D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D41

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D41	1.00	17.15	1.22	17.15
#FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.094 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e76',
    500: '#280d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d41;
$custom-light: #654e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23511,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D41

secondary

#537D2D

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D41

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

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