#280A49#280A49

#280A49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.107 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A49
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 73)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 86.3%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.18, 29.36, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.18, 43.92, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(23.9% 0.053 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(23.9% 0.107 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1859, 1.1492, 6.4087)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A49 #2B490A

analogous

#0A0C49 #280A49 #480A49

triadic

#280A49 #49280A #0A4928

tetradic

#280A49 #490A0C #2B490A #0A4948

square

#280A49 #490A0C #2B490A #0A4948

split-complementary

#280A49 #49480A #0C490A

monochromatic

#0F041B #0F041B #280A49 #45117F #6319B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.08

#280A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A49

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A49	1.00	17.08	1.23	17.08
#FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.107 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664d7c',
    500: '#280a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a49;
$custom-light: #664d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23902,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A49

secondary

#5A8629

accent

#F23598

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A49

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

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