#280E38#280E38

#280E38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.080 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E38
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 56)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 75%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.41, 22.41, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.41, 31.30, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(22.88% 0.0517 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(22.88% 0.08 310)
XYZ	xyz(1.7458, 1.0508, 3.8515)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E38 #1E380E

analogous

#130E38 #280E38 #380E33

triadic

#280E38 #38280E #0E3828

tetradic

#280E38 #38130E #1E380E #0E3338

square

#280E38 #38130E #1E380E #0E3338

split-complementary

#280E38 #33380E #0E3813

monochromatic

#110618 #110618 #280E38 #4B1A69 #6E269A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.35

#280E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E38

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E38	1.00	17.35	1.21	17.35
#FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.080 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e6f',
    500: '#280e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e38;
$custom-light: #644e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22876,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.01051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E38

secondary

#49732F

accent

#E34581

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E38

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

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