#280F4A#280F4A

#280F4A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.102 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F4A
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 74)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.19, 27.06, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.19, 41.69, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(24.64% 0.0476 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(24.64% 0.102 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.2816, 1.2871, 6.6055)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F4A #314A0F

analogous

#0F134A #280F4A #460F4A

triadic

#280F4A #4A280F #0F4A28

tetradic

#280F4A #4A0F13 #314A0F #0F4A46

square

#280F4A #4A0F13 #314A0F #0F4A46

split-complementary

#280F4A #4A460F #134A0F

monochromatic

#0E0519 #0E0519 #280F4A #44197D #5F24B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.70

#280F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280F4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F4A

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F4A	1.00	16.70	1.26	16.70
#FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.102 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66507d',
    500: '#280f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f4a;
$custom-light: #66507d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24641,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F4A

secondary

#618430

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F4A

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

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