#280E3A#280E3A

#280E3A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.083 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E3A
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 58)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 75.9%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.57, 22.97, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.57, 32.53, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(23.04% 0.0516 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(23.04% 0.083 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7957, 1.0707, 4.1142)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E3A #203A0E

analogous

#120E3A #280E3A #3A0E36

triadic

#280E3A #3A280E #0E3A28

tetradic

#280E3A #3A120E #203A0E #0E363A

square

#280E3A #3A120E #203A0E #0E363A

split-complementary

#280E3A #363A0E #0E3A12

monochromatic

#110619 #110619 #280E3A #4A1A6B #6C269D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.30

#280E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E3A

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E3A	1.00	17.30	1.21	17.30
#FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.083 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e70',
    500: '#280e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e3a;
$custom-light: #644e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23042,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E3A

secondary

#4C752F

accent

#E44485

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E3A

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

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