#280F3A#280F3A

#280F3A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.081 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F3A
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 58)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 74.1%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.78, 22.37, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.78, 31.85, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(23.2% 0.0502 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(23.2% 0.081 308)
XYZ	xyz(1.8095, 1.0983, 4.1188)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F3A #213A0F

analogous

#130F3A #280F3A #3A0F37

triadic

#280F3A #3A280F #0F3A28

tetradic

#280F3A #3A130F #213A0F #0F373A

square

#280F3A #3A130F #213A0F #0F373A

split-complementary

#280F3A #373A0F #0F3A13

monochromatic

#110618 #110618 #280F3A #4A1C6B #6B289B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.22

#280F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280F3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F3A

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F3A	1.00	17.22	1.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.081 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644f70',
    500: '#280f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f3a;
$custom-light: #644f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23199,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.01098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F3A

secondary

#4D7430

accent

#E24687

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050207

muted

#7A787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F3A

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

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