#280F50#280F50

#280F50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.110 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F50
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 80)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 81.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.77, 28.87, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.77, 45.30, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(25.24% 0.046 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(25.24% 0.11 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.4935, 1.3719, 7.7213)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F50 #37500F

analogous

#0F1650 #280F50 #480F50

triadic

#280F50 #50280F #0F5028

tetradic

#280F50 #500F16 #37500F #0F5048

square

#280F50 #500F16 #37500F #0F5048

split-complementary

#280F50 #50480F #16500F

monochromatic

#0D051A #0E051C #280F50 #421984 #5C22B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#280F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#280F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F50

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F50	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C202E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.110 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675082',
    500: '#280f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f50;
$custom-light: #675082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25235,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F50

secondary

#688A31

accent

#EB3DA8

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F50

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

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