#280D4B#280D4B

#280D4B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.106 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D4B
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 75)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.90, 28.44, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.90, 43.47, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(24.47% 0.0494 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(24.47% 0.106 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.2887, 1.2469, 6.7753)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D4B #304B0D

analogous

#0D114B #280D4B #470D4B

triadic

#280D4B #4B280D #0D4B28

tetradic

#280D4B #4B0D11 #304B0D #0D4B47

square

#280D4B #4B0D11 #304B0D #0D4B47

split-complementary

#280D4B #4B470D #114B0D

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280D4B #44167F #601FB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.81

#280D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D4B

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D4B	1.00	16.81	1.25	16.81
#FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.106 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7e',
    500: '#280d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d4b;
$custom-light: #664f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.129,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24469,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D4B

secondary

#60862E

accent

#ED3B9F

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D4B

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

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