#280E41#280E41

#280E41 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.092 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E41
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 65)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.16, 24.96, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.16, 36.82, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(23.65% 0.0506 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(23.65% 0.092 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9860, 1.1468, 5.1167)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E41 #27410E

analogous

#0E0E41 #280E41 #410E40

triadic

#280E41 #41280E #0E4128

tetradic

#280E41 #410E0E #27410E #0E4041

square

#280E41 #410E0E #27410E #0E4041

split-complementary

#280E41 #40410E #0E410E

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280E41 #471973 #6624A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.08

#280E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E41

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E41	1.00	17.08	1.23	17.08
#FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.092 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f76',
    500: '#280e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e41;
$custom-light: #654f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23654,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E41

secondary

#557C2F

accent

#E84092

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E41

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

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