#280E42#280E42

#280E42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.093 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E42
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.25, 25.25, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.25, 37.43, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(23.75% 0.0504 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(23.75% 0.093 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0152, 1.1585, 5.2707)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E42 #28420E

analogous

#0E0E42 #280E42 #420E42

triadic

#280E42 #42280E #0E4228

tetradic

#280E42 #420E0E #28420E #0E4242

square

#280E42 #420E0E #28420E #0E4242

split-complementary

#280E42 #42420E #0E420E

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280E42 #471974 #6523A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.05

#280E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E42

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E42	1.00	17.05	1.23	17.05
#FFFFFF	17.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.093 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f77',
    500: '#280e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e42;
$custom-light: #654f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23745,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E42

secondary

#567D2F

accent

#E84094

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E42

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

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