#280F57#280F57

#280F57 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.119 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F57
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 87)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 82.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.49, 31.01, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.49, 49.44, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(25.96% 0.0439 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(25.96% 0.119 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.7657, 1.4808, 9.1551)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F57 #3E570F

analogous

#0F1A57 #280F57 #4C0F57

triadic

#280F57 #57280F #0F5728

tetradic

#280F57 #570F1A #3E570F #0F574C

square

#280F57 #570F1A #3E570F #0F574C

split-complementary

#280F57 #574C0F #1A570F

monochromatic

#0C051A #100623 #280F57 #40188B #5821BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.20

#280F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#280F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F57

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F57	1.00	16.20	1.30	16.20
#FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.119 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685087',
    500: '#280f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f57;
$custom-light: #685087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25957,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F57

secondary

#709131

accent

#ED3AAF

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F57

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

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