#280E4B#280E4B

#280E4B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.105 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E4B
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 75)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.09, 27.91, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.09, 42.89, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(24.6% 0.0484 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(24.6% 0.105 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3018, 1.2731, 6.7797)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E4B #314B0E

analogous

#0E124B #280E4B #470E4B

triadic

#280E4B #4B280E #0E4B28

tetradic

#280E4B #4B0E12 #314B0E #0E4B47

square

#280E4B #4B0E12 #314B0E #0E4B47

split-complementary

#280E4B #4B470E #124B0E

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280E4B #44187F #5F21B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#280E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E4B

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E4B	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.105 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7e',
    500: '#280e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e4b;
$custom-light: #664f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24601,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E4B

secondary

#61862F

accent

#EB3CA1

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E4B

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