#280F36#280F36

#280F36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.076 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F36
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 54)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.47, 21.25, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.47, 29.38, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(22.88% 0.0503 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(22.88% 0.076 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7116, 1.0591, 3.6036)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F36 #1D360F

analogous

#140F36 #280F36 #360F30

triadic

#280F36 #36280F #0F3628

tetradic

#280F36 #36140F #1D360F #0F3036

square

#280F36 #36140F #1D360F #0F3036

split-complementary

#280F36 #30360F #0F3614

monochromatic

#120718 #120718 #280F36 #4B1C66 #6F2A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.33

#280F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#280F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F36

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F36	1.00	17.33	1.21	17.33
#FFFFFF	17.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B1B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.076 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634f6d',
    500: '#280f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f36;
$custom-light: #634f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22875,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F36

secondary

#477031

accent

#E0487E

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F36

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

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