#280E39#280E39

#280E39 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.082 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E39
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 57)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.49, 22.69, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.49, 31.91, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(22.96% 0.0517 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(22.96% 0.082 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7705, 1.0606, 3.9816)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E39 #1F390E

analogous

#130E39 #280E39 #390E35

triadic

#280E39 #39280E #0E3928

tetradic

#280E39 #39130E #1F390E #0E3539

square

#280E39 #39130E #1F390E #0E3539

split-complementary

#280E39 #35390E #0E3913

monochromatic

#110619 #110619 #280E39 #4A1A6A #6D269B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#280E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E39

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E39	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.082 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e70',
    500: '#280e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e39;
$custom-light: #644e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22958,
    "c": 0.08177,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E39

secondary

#4A742F

accent

#E44483

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E39

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

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