#280F4B#280F4B

#280F4B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.104 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F4B
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 75)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 80%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.28, 27.36, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.28, 42.30, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(24.74% 0.0473 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(24.74% 0.104 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3156, 1.3007, 6.7843)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F4B #324B0F

analogous

#0F144B #280F4B #460F4B

triadic

#280F4B #4B280F #0F4B28

tetradic

#280F4B #4B0F14 #324B0F #0F4B46

square

#280F4B #4B0F14 #324B0F #0F4B46

split-complementary

#280F4B #4B460F #144B0F

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280F4B #43197E #5E23B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.66

#280F4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280F4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F4B

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F4B	1.00	16.66	1.26	16.66
#FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.104 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66507e',
    500: '#280f4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f4b;
$custom-light: #66507e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24738,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F4B

secondary

#628530

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F4B

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

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