#280E40#280E40

#280E40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.091 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E40
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 64)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.07, 24.67, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.07, 36.21, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(23.56% 0.0508 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(23.56% 0.091 304)
XYZ	xyz(1.9573, 1.1354, 4.9655)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E40 #26400E

analogous

#0F0E40 #280E40 #400E3F

triadic

#280E40 #40280E #0E4028

tetradic

#280E40 #400F0E #26400E #0E3F40

square

#280E40 #400F0E #26400E #0E3F40

split-complementary

#280E40 #3F400E #0E400F

monochromatic

#100519 #100519 #280E40 #471972 #6724A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.11

#280E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E40

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E40	1.00	17.11	1.23	17.11
#FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.091 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f75',
    500: '#280e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e40;
$custom-light: #654f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23564,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.01135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E40

secondary

#537B2F

accent

#E74191

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E40

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

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