#280E3C#280E3C

#280E3C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.086 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E3C
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 60)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 76.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.73, 23.53, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.73, 33.75, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(23.21% 0.0514 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(23.21% 0.086 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8475, 1.0915, 4.3874)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E3C #223C0E

analogous

#110E3C #280E3C #3C0E39

triadic

#280E3C #3C280E #0E3C28

tetradic

#280E3C #3C110E #223C0E #0E393C

square

#280E3C #3C110E #223C0E #0E393C

split-complementary

#280E3C #393C0E #0E3C11

monochromatic

#110619 #110619 #280E3C #491A6E #6A259F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.24

#280E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E3C

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E3C	1.00	17.24	1.22	17.24
#FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.086 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e72',
    500: '#280e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e3c;
$custom-light: #644e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23212,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E3C

secondary

#4E772F

accent

#E54389

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E3C

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

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