#280A48#280A48

#280A48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.106 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A48
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 72)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 86.1%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.08, 29.07, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.08, 43.33, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(23.8% 0.0533 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(23.8% 0.106 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.1530, 1.1361, 6.2355)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A48 #2A480A

analogous

#0A0B48 #280A48 #470A48

triadic

#280A48 #48280A #0A4828

tetradic

#280A48 #480A0B #2A480A #0A4847

square

#280A48 #480A0B #2A480A #0A4847

split-complementary

#280A48 #48470A #0B480A

monochromatic

#0F041B #0F041B #280A48 #46117E #6419B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.11

#280A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A48

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A48	1.00	17.11	1.23	17.11
#FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.106 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664d7c',
    500: '#280a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a48;
$custom-light: #664d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23801,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A48

secondary

#588529

accent

#F23697

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →