#280F3C#280F3C

#280F3C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.084 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F3C
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 60)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.95, 22.94, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.95, 33.09, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(23.37% 0.05 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(23.37% 0.084 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8613, 1.1190, 4.3920)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F3C #233C0F

analogous

#110F3C #280F3C #3C0F3A

triadic

#280F3C #3C280F #0F3C28

tetradic

#280F3C #3C110F #233C0F #0F3A3C

square

#280F3C #3C110F #233C0F #0F3A3C

split-complementary

#280F3C #3A3C0F #0F3C11

monochromatic

#100618 #100618 #280F3C #491B6D #69279E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.16

#280F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280F3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F3C

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F3C	1.00	17.16	1.22	17.16
#FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#051C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251923

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.084 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644f72',
    500: '#280f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f3c;
$custom-light: #644f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23366,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F3C

secondary

#507630

accent

#E3458B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F3C

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

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