#280D4C#280D4C

#280D4C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.107 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D4C
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 76)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.00, 28.74, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.00, 44.07, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(24.57% 0.0492 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(24.57% 0.108 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3232, 1.2607, 6.9570)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D4C #314C0D

analogous

#0D124C #280D4C #470D4C

triadic

#280D4C #4C280D #0D4C28

tetradic

#280D4C #4C0D12 #314C0D #0D4C47

square

#280D4C #4C0D12 #314C0D #0D4C47

split-complementary

#280D4C #4C470D #124C0D

monochromatic

#0E041A #0E041A #280D4C #441680 #5F1FB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77

#280D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280D4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D4C

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D4C	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.107 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7f',
    500: '#280d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d4c;
$custom-light: #664f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 70.787,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24569,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D4C

secondary

#61872E

accent

#EE3AA1

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D4C

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

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