#280D42#280D42

#280D42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.095 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D42
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 66)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.05, 25.81, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.05, 38.05, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(23.6% 0.0517 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(23.6% 0.095 303)
XYZ	xyz(2.0021, 1.1323, 5.2663)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D42 #27420D

analogous

#0D0D42 #280D42 #420D41

triadic

#280D42 #42280D #0D4228

tetradic

#280D42 #420D0D #27420D #0D4142

square

#280D42 #420D0D #27420D #0D4142

split-complementary

#280D42 #41420D #0D420D

monochromatic

#0F051A #0F051A #280D42 #471775 #6621A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.12

#280D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D42

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D42	1.00	17.12	1.23	17.12
#FFFFFF	17.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.095 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e77',
    500: '#280d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d42;
$custom-light: #654e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23603,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.01132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D42

secondary

#557E2D

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D42

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

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