#280E4A#280E4A

#280E4A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.104 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E4A
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 74)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.99, 27.61, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.99, 42.29, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(24.5% 0.0487 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(24.5% 0.104 298)
XYZ	xyz(2.2678, 1.2596, 6.6009)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E4A #304A0E

analogous

#0E124A #280E4A #460E4A

triadic

#280E4A #4A280E #0E4A28

tetradic

#280E4A #4A0E12 #304A0E #0E4A46

square

#280E4A #4A0E12 #304A0E #0E4A46

split-complementary

#280E4A #4A460E #124A0E

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280E4A #44187D #6021B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77

#280E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E4A

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E4A	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.104 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7d',
    500: '#280e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e4a;
$custom-light: #664f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24503,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.0126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E4A

secondary

#60852F

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E4A

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

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