#280F51#280F51

#280F51 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.111 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F51
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 81)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.87, 29.18, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.87, 45.89, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(25.34% 0.0457 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(25.34% 0.111 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.5307, 1.3868, 7.9173)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F51 #38510F

analogous

#0F1751 #280F51 #490F51

triadic

#280F51 #51280F #0F5128

tetradic

#280F51 #510F17 #38510F #0F5149

square

#280F51 #510F17 #38510F #0F5149

split-complementary

#280F51 #51490F #17510F

monochromatic

#0D051A #0F051D #280F51 #421985 #5B22B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#280F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#280F51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F51

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F51	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C212F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.111 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675082',
    500: '#280f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f51;
$custom-light: #675082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25336,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F51

secondary

#698B31

accent

#EC3CA9

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F51

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

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