#280F6A#280F6A

#280F6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.142 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F6A
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 106)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 85.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.59, 36.80, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.59, 60.26, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(28.05% 0.0372 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(28.05% 0.142 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6466, 1.8331, 13.7945)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F6A #516A0F

analogous

#0F236A #280F6A #550F6A

triadic

#280F6A #6A280F #0F6A28

tetradic

#280F6A #6A0F23 #516A0F #0F6A55

square

#280F6A #6A0F23 #516A0F #0F6A55

split-complementary

#280F6A #6A550F #236A0F

monochromatic

#0A041B #140734 #280F6A #3C17A0 #501ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.37

#280F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#280F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F6A

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F6A	1.00	15.37	1.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00276C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.142 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5296',
    500: '#280f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f6a;
$custom-light: #6c5296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 75.207,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28047,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F6A

secondary

#84A232

accent

#F236BE

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#ECE7F2

border

#C7C3CC

text

#08020D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F6A

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

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