#280E37#280E37

#280E37 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.079 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E37
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 55)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.33, 22.13, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.33, 30.68, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(22.79% 0.0518 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(22.79% 0.079 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7216, 1.0411, 3.7239)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E37 #1D370E

analogous

#130E37 #280E37 #370E31

triadic

#280E37 #37280E #0E3728

tetradic

#280E37 #37130E #1D370E #0E3137

square

#280E37 #37130E #1D370E #0E3137

split-complementary

#280E37 #31370E #0E3713

monochromatic

#120618 #120618 #280E37 #4B1A68 #6F2799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.38

#280E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E37

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E37	1.00	17.38	1.21	17.38
#FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.079 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6e',
    500: '#280e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e37;
$custom-light: #644e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22794,
    "c": 0.07918,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E37

secondary

#47722F

accent

#E3457F

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E37

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

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