#280E55#280E55

#280E55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.118 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E55
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(262, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.10, 30.91, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.10, 48.82, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(25.62% 0.0454 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(25.62% 0.118 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.6713, 1.4210, 8.7261)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E55 #3B550E

analogous

#0E1855 #280E55 #4C0E55

triadic

#280E55 #55280E #0E5528

tetradic

#280E55 #550E18 #3B550E #0E554C

square

#280E55 #550E18 #3B550E #0E554C

split-complementary

#280E55 #554C0E #18550E

monochromatic

#0C041A #0F0520 #280E55 #41178A #591FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.35

#280E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#280E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E55

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E55	1.00	16.35	1.28	16.35
#FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.118 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685086',
    500: '#280e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e55;
$custom-light: #685086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25621,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E55

secondary

#6C8F30

accent

#EE39AC

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E55

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

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