#280E3D#280E3D

#280E3D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.087 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E3D
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 61)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 77%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.81, 23.81, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.81, 34.37, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(23.3% 0.0512 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(23.3% 0.087 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8742, 1.1021, 4.5280)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E3D #233D0E

analogous

#100E3D #280E3D #3D0E3B

triadic

#280E3D #3D280E #0E3D28

tetradic

#280E3D #3D100E #233D0E #0E3B3D

square

#280E3D #3D100E #233D0E #0E3B3D

split-complementary

#280E3D #3B3D0E #0E3D10

monochromatic

#100619 #100619 #280E3D #49196F #6925A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.21

#280E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280E3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E3D

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E3D	1.00	17.21	1.22	17.21
#FFFFFF	17.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.087 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e73',
    500: '#280e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e3d;
$custom-light: #644e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23298,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E3D

secondary

#50782F

accent

#E6428B

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E3D

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

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