#280E3E#280E3E

#280E3E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.088 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E3E
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 62)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.90, 24.10, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.90, 34.98, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(23.39% 0.0511 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(23.39% 0.088 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9014, 1.1130, 4.6712)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E3E #243E0E

analogous

#100E3E #280E3E #3E0E3C

triadic

#280E3E #3E280E #0E3E28

tetradic

#280E3E #3E100E #243E0E #0E3C3E

square

#280E3E #3E100E #243E0E #0E3C3E

split-complementary

#280E3E #3C3E0E #0E3E10

monochromatic

#100619 #100619 #280E3E #481970 #6825A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.18

#280E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E3E

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E3E	1.00	17.18	1.22	17.18
#FFFFFF	17.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241924

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.088 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644e74',
    500: '#280e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e3e;
$custom-light: #644e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23386,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E3E

secondary

#51792F

accent

#E6428D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E3E

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

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