#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
RGBrgb(40, 14, 85)
HSLhsl(262, 72%, 19%)
HSVhsv(262, 84%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(52.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(12.10, 30.91, -37.79)
CIE-LCHlch(12.10, 48.82, 309.29°)
OKLaboklab(25.62% 0.0454 -0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(25.62% 0.118 292.7)
XYZxyz(2.6713, 1.4210, 8.7261)
Luminance0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##280E551.0016.351.2816.35
#FFFFFF16.351.0021.001.00
#0000001.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF16.351.0021.001.00

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

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#280E55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva