#280F55#280F55

#280F55 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.116 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F55
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 85)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 82.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.28, 30.40, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.28, 48.27, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(25.75% 0.0445 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(25.75% 0.116 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6851, 1.4485, 8.7307)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F55 #3C550F

analogous

#0F1955 #280F55 #4B0F55

triadic

#280F55 #55280F #0F5528

tetradic

#280F55 #550F19 #3C550F #0F554B

square

#280F55 #550F19 #3C550F #0F554B

split-complementary

#280F55 #554B0F #19550F

monochromatic

#0C051A #100621 #280F55 #401889 #5921BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.28

#280F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#280F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F55

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F55	1.00	16.28	1.29	16.28
#FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.116 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685086',
    500: '#280f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f55;
$custom-light: #685086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25747,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F55

secondary

#6D8F31

accent

#ED3BAD

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F55

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

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