#280E43#280E43

#280E43 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.095 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E43
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 67)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 73.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.34, 25.54, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.34, 38.05, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(23.84% 0.0503 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(23.84% 0.095 302)
XYZ	xyz(2.0450, 1.1704, 5.4273)
Luminance	0.0117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E43 #29430E

analogous

#0E0E43 #280E43 #420E43

triadic

#280E43 #43280E #0E4328

tetradic

#280E43 #430E0E #29430E #0E4342

square

#280E43 #430E0E #29430E #0E4342

split-complementary

#280E43 #43420E #0E430E

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280E43 #461976 #6423A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.02

#280E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E43

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E43	1.00	17.02	1.23	17.02
#FFFFFF	17.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.095 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f78',
    500: '#280e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e43;
$custom-light: #654f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23837,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.0117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E43

secondary

#577E2F

accent

#E83F95

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E43

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

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