#280F5B#280F5B

#280F5B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.124 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F5B
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 91)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 83.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.91, 32.23, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.91, 51.77, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(26.38% 0.0426 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(26.38% 0.124 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9337, 1.5480, 10.0397)
Luminance	0.0155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F5B #425B0F

analogous

#0F1C5B #280F5B #4E0F5B

triadic

#280F5B #5B280F #0F5B28

tetradic

#280F5B #5B0F1C #425B0F #0F5B4E

square

#280F5B #5B0F1C #425B0F #0F5B4E

split-complementary

#280F5B #5B4E0F #1C5B0F

monochromatic

#0C041A #110626 #280F5B #3F1890 #5620C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.04

#280F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#280F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F5B

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F5B	1.00	16.04	1.31	16.04
#FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00235D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00205A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#152535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.124 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69518a',
    500: '#280f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f5b;
$custom-light: #69518a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26382,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F5B

secondary

#749531

accent

#EE39B3

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F5B

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

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