#280D4A#280D4A

#280D4A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.105 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D4A
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 74)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 82.4%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.80, 28.15, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.80, 42.87, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.37% 0.0497 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(24.37% 0.105 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2547, 1.2333, 6.5965)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D4A #2F4A0D

analogous

#0D114A #280D4A #470D4A

triadic

#280D4A #4A280D #0D4A28

tetradic

#280D4A #4A0D11 #2F4A0D #0D4A47

square

#280D4A #4A0D11 #2F4A0D #0D4A47

split-complementary

#280D4A #4A470D #114A0D

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280D4A #44167E #601FB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#280D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D4A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D4A	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.105 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7d',
    500: '#280d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d4a;
$custom-light: #664f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.557,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2437,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D4A

secondary

#5E852E

accent

#ED3B9E

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D4A

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

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