#280F38#280F38

#280F38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.079 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F38
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 56)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.63, 21.81, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.63, 30.62, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(23.04% 0.0503 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(23.04% 0.079 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7596, 1.0783, 3.8561)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F38 #1F380F

analogous

#140F38 #280F38 #380F34

triadic

#280F38 #38280F #0F3828

tetradic

#280F38 #38140F #1F380F #0F3438

square

#280F38 #38140F #1F380F #0F3438

split-complementary

#280F38 #34380F #0F3814

monochromatic

#110618 #110618 #280F38 #4A1C68 #6D2999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.28

#280F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F38

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F38	1.00	17.28	1.22	17.28
#FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A1B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.079 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644f6f',
    500: '#280f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f38;
$custom-light: #644f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23035,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F38

secondary

#4A7230

accent

#E14783

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F38

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

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