#280E36#280E36

#280E36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.078 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E36
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 54)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.25, 21.86, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.25, 30.07, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(22.71% 0.0518 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(22.71% 0.078 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6978, 1.0316, 3.5990)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E36 #1C360E

analogous

#140E36 #280E36 #360E30

triadic

#280E36 #36280E #0E3628

tetradic

#280E36 #36140E #1C360E #0E3036

square

#280E36 #36140E #1C360E #0E3036

split-complementary

#280E36 #30360E #0E3614

monochromatic

#120618 #120618 #280E36 #4C1B67 #702797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.41

#280E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E36

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E36	1.00	17.41	1.21	17.41
#FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A1B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.078 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6d',
    500: '#280e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e36;
$custom-light: #644e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22713,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E36

secondary

#46712F

accent

#E2467C

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →