#280F40#280F40

#280F40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.089 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F40
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 64)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.28, 24.09, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.28, 35.57, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(23.71% 0.0495 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(23.71% 0.089 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9711, 1.1629, 4.9701)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F40 #27400F

analogous

#0F0F40 #280F40 #400F3F

triadic

#280F40 #40280F #0F4028

tetradic

#280F40 #400F0F #27400F #0F3F40

square

#280F40 #400F0F #27400F #0F3F40

split-complementary

#280F40 #3F400F #0F400F

monochromatic

#0F0619 #0F0619 #280F40 #471B72 #6626A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.04

#280F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F40

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F40	1.00	17.04	1.23	17.04
#FFFFFF	17.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.089 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f75',
    500: '#280f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f40;
$custom-light: #654f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 62.025,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23713,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F40

secondary

#557A30

accent

#E54392

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F40

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

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