#280F42#280F42

#280F42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.092 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F42
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 66)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.45, 24.67, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.45, 36.80, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(23.89% 0.0492 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(23.89% 0.092 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.0290, 1.1861, 5.2752)
Luminance	0.0119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F42 #29420F

analogous

#0F0F42 #280F42 #410F42

triadic

#280F42 #42280F #0F4228

tetradic

#280F42 #420F0F #29420F #0F4241

square

#280F42 #420F0F #29420F #0F4241

split-complementary

#280F42 #42410F #0F420F

monochromatic

#0F0619 #0F0619 #280F42 #461A74 #6426A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.97

#280F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F42

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F42	1.00	16.97	1.24	16.97
#FFFFFF	16.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.092 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f77',
    500: '#280f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f42;
$custom-light: #654f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23892,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F42

secondary

#577C30

accent

#E64296

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060208

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F42

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

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