#280F5A#280F5A

#280F5A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.123 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F5A
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 90)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.80, 31.92, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.80, 51.19, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(26.28% 0.0429 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(26.28% 0.123 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8908, 1.5308, 9.8140)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F5A #415A0F

analogous

#0F1B5A #280F5A #4D0F5A

triadic

#280F5A #5A280F #0F5A28

tetradic

#280F5A #5A0F1B #415A0F #0F5A4D

square

#280F5A #5A0F1B #415A0F #0F5A4D

split-complementary

#280F5A #5A4D0F #1B5A0F

monochromatic

#0C041A #110626 #280F5A #3F188E #5720C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#280F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#280F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F5A

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F5A	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00225C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.123 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695189',
    500: '#280f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f5a;
$custom-light: #695189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26275,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F5A

secondary

#739431

accent

#EE3AB2

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F5A

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

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