#280E4D#280E4D

#280E4D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.108 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E4D
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 77)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.28, 28.50, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.28, 44.09, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(24.8% 0.0478 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(24.8% 0.108 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3713, 1.3010, 7.1459)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E4D #334D0E

analogous

#0E134D #280E4D #470E4D

triadic

#280E4D #4D280E #0E4D28

tetradic

#280E4D #4D0E13 #334D0E #0E4D47

square

#280E4D #4D0E13 #334D0E #0E4D47

split-complementary

#280E4D #4D470E #134D0E

monochromatic

#0D051A #0D051A #280E4D #431781 #5E21B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.66

#280E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E4D

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E4D	1.00	16.66	1.26	16.66
#FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.108 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7f',
    500: '#280e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e4d;
$custom-light: #664f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.762,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.248,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E4D

secondary

#63882F

accent

#EC3CA3

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E4D

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

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