#280F4D#280F4D

#280F4D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.106 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F4D
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 77)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 80.5%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.47, 27.96, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.47, 43.50, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(24.94% 0.0468 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(24.94% 0.106 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.3851, 1.3285, 7.1505)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F4D #344D0F

analogous

#0F154D #280F4D #470F4D

triadic

#280F4D #4D280F #0F4D28

tetradic

#280F4D #4D0F15 #344D0F #0F4D47

square

#280F4D #4D0F15 #344D0F #0F4D47

split-complementary

#280F4D #4D470F #154D0F

monochromatic

#0D051A #0D051A #280F4D #431980 #5D23B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.59

#280F4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#280F4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F4D

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F4D	1.00	16.59	1.27	16.59
#FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.106 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66507f',
    500: '#280f4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f4d;
$custom-light: #66507f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24935,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F4D

secondary

#648731

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F4D

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

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