#280F3E#280F3E

#280F3E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.087 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F3E
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 62)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.11, 23.51, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.11, 34.33, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(23.54% 0.0498 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(23.54% 0.087 305)
XYZ	xyz(1.9152, 1.1406, 4.6758)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F3E #253E0F

analogous

#110F3E #280F3E #3E0F3C

triadic

#280F3E #3E280F #0F3E28

tetradic

#280F3E #3E110F #253E0F #0F3C3E

square

#280F3E #3E110F #253E0F #0F3C3E

split-complementary

#280F3E #3C3E0F #0F3E11

monochromatic

#100619 #100619 #280F3E #481B6F #6827A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.10

#280F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280F3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F3E

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F3E	1.00	17.10	1.23	17.10
#FFFFFF	17.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241924

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.087 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644f74',
    500: '#280f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f3e;
$custom-light: #644f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23538,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.01141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F3E

secondary

#527830

accent

#E4448F

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F3E

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

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