#280F5E#280F5E

#280F5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.128 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F5E
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.23, 33.15, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.23, 53.50, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.71% 0.0415 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(26.71% 0.128 289)
XYZ	xyz(3.0657, 1.6008, 10.7349)
Luminance	0.0160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F5E #455E0F

analogous

#0F1E5E #280F5E #500F5E

triadic

#280F5E #5E280F #0F5E28

tetradic

#280F5E #5E0F1E #455E0F #0F5E50

square

#280F5E #5E0F1E #455E0F #0F5E50

split-complementary

#280F5E #5E500F #1E5E0F

monochromatic

#0B041A #120729 #280F5E #3E1793 #5520C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.91

#280F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#280F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F5E

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F5E	1.00	15.91	1.32	15.91
#FFFFFF	15.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00205D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#122636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.128 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69518d',
    500: '#280f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f5e;
$custom-light: #69518d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.987,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26707,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.01601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F5E

secondary

#779731

accent

#EF39B5

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#07020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F5E

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

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