#280F39#280F39

#280F39 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.080 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F39
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 57)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.71, 22.09, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.71, 31.24, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(23.12% 0.0502 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(23.12% 0.08 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7843, 1.0882, 3.9862)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F39 #20390F

analogous

#130F39 #280F39 #390F35

triadic

#280F39 #39280F #0F3928

tetradic

#280F39 #39130F #20390F #0F3539

square

#280F39 #39130F #20390F #0F3539

split-complementary

#280F39 #35390F #0F3913

monochromatic

#110618 #110618 #280F39 #4A1C69 #6C299A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.25

#280F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F39

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F39	1.00	17.25	1.22	17.25
#FFFFFF	17.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.080 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644f70',
    500: '#280f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f39;
$custom-light: #644f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23116,
    "c": 0.08007,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F39

secondary

#4C7330

accent

#E24685

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F39

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

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