#280F35#280F35

#280F35 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.075 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F35
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 53)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.40, 20.98, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.40, 28.77, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(22.8% 0.0503 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(22.8% 0.075 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6884, 1.0498, 3.4812)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F35 #1C350F

analogous

#150F35 #280F35 #350F2F

triadic

#280F35 #35280F #0F3528

tetradic

#280F35 #35150F #1C350F #0F2F35

square

#280F35 #35150F #1C350F #0F2F35

split-complementary

#280F35 #2F350F #0F3515

monochromatic

#120718 #120718 #280F35 #4C1C65 #702A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.36

#280F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F35

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F35	1.00	17.36	1.21	17.36
#FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C1B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#271620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.075 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634f6c',
    500: '#280f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f35;
$custom-light: #634f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22797,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F35

secondary

#466F31

accent

#DF497C

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F35

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

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