#280D4D#280D4D

#280D4D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.109 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D4D
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 77)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.10, 29.03, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.10, 44.66, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(24.67% 0.0489 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(24.67% 0.109 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3582, 1.2747, 7.1415)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D4D #324D0D

analogous

#0D124D #280D4D #480D4D

triadic

#280D4D #4D280D #0D4D28

tetradic

#280D4D #4D0D12 #324D0D #0D4D48

square

#280D4D #4D0D12 #324D0D #0D4D48

split-complementary

#280D4D #4D480D #124D0D

monochromatic

#0E041A #0E041A #280D4D #431681 #5E1FB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.73

#280D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D4D

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D4D	1.00	16.73	1.25	16.73
#FFFFFF	16.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.109 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#674f7f',
    500: '#280d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d4d;
$custom-light: #674f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.313,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2467,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D4D

secondary

#62882E

accent

#EE3AA2

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D4D

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

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