#280948#280948

#280948 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.107 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280948
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 72)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 87.5%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.91, 29.56, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.91, 43.86, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(23.68% 0.0543 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(23.68% 0.107 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1422, 1.1143, 6.2319)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280948 #294809

analogous

#090948 #280948 #470948

triadic

#280948 #482809 #094828

tetradic

#280948 #480909 #294809 #094847

square

#280948 #480909 #294809 #094847

split-complementary

#280948 #484709 #094809

monochromatic

#0F031B #0F031B #280948 #46107E #6417B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.17

#280948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#280948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280948

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280948	1.00	17.17	1.22	17.17
#FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211A28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.107 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664c7c',
    500: '#280948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280948;
$custom-light: #664c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23684,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280948

secondary

#578527

accent

#F43495

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280948

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

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