#280D4E#280D4E

#280D4E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.110 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D4E
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 78)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.20, 29.33, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.20, 45.25, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(24.77% 0.0486 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(24.77% 0.11 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3938, 1.2890, 7.3289)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D4E #334E0D

analogous

#0D124E #280D4E #480D4E

triadic

#280D4E #4E280D #0D4E28

tetradic

#280D4E #4E0D12 #334E0D #0D4E48

square

#280D4E #4E0D12 #334E0D #0D4E48

split-complementary

#280D4E #4E480D #124E0D

monochromatic

#0D041A #0D041A #280D4E #431682 #5E1EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.70

#280D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D4E

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D4E	1.00	16.70	1.26	16.70
#FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.110 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#674f80',
    500: '#280d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d4e;
$custom-light: #674f80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.923,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24771,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D4E

secondary

#63892E

accent

#EE3AA3

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D4E

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

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