#280F5C#280F5C

#280F5C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.125 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F5C
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 92)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 83.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.02, 32.54, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.02, 52.35, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(26.49% 0.0422 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(26.49% 0.125 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9771, 1.5653, 10.2684)
Luminance	0.0157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F5C #435C0F

analogous

#0F1C5C #280F5C #4E0F5C

triadic

#280F5C #5C280F #0F5C28

tetradic

#280F5C #5C0F1C #435C0F #0F5C4E

square

#280F5C #5C0F1C #435C0F #0F5C4E

split-complementary

#280F5C #5C4E0F #1C5C0F

monochromatic

#0B041A #110627 #280F5C #3F1891 #5620C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.99

#280F5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#280F5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F5C

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F5C	1.00	15.99	1.31	15.99
#FFFFFF	15.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00235E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00205B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#142535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.125 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69518b',
    500: '#280f5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f5c;
$custom-light: #69518b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 71.963,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2649,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F5C

secondary

#759531

accent

#EF39B4

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F5C

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

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