#280D56#280D56

#280D56 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.120 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D56
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 86)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(262, 85%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.03, 31.71, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.03, 49.94, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(25.61% 0.0459 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(25.61% 0.12 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6982, 1.4108, 8.9324)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D56 #3B560D

analogous

#0D1756 #280D56 #4D0D56

triadic

#280D56 #56280D #0D5628

tetradic

#280D56 #560D17 #3B560D #0D564D

square

#280D56 #560D17 #3B560D #0D564D

split-complementary

#280D56 #564D0D #17560D

monochromatic

#0C041B #0F0521 #280D56 #41158B #591DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.38

#280D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#280D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D56

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D56	1.00	16.38	1.28	16.38
#FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.120 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#684f86',
    500: '#280d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d56;
$custom-light: #684f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.192,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25606,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D56

secondary

#6C912E

accent

#F037AC

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D56

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

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