#280F56#280F56

#280F56 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.118 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F56
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 86)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 82.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.38, 30.70, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.38, 48.85, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(25.85% 0.0442 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(25.85% 0.118 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.7251, 1.4645, 8.9414)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F56 #3D560F

analogous

#0F1956 #280F56 #4C0F56

triadic

#280F56 #56280F #0F5628

tetradic

#280F56 #560F19 #3D560F #0F564C

square

#280F56 #560F19 #3D560F #0F564C

split-complementary

#280F56 #564C0F #19560F

monochromatic

#0C051A #100622 #280F56 #40188A #5821BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#280F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#280F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F56

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F56	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.118 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685086',
    500: '#280f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f56;
$custom-light: #685086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25852,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F56

secondary

#6E9031

accent

#ED3BAE

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F56

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

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