#280B46#280B46

#280B46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.103 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B46
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 70)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 84.3%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.05, 28.02, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.05, 41.61, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(23.72% 0.0529 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(23.72% 0.103 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1000, 1.1326, 5.9012)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B46 #29460B

analogous

#0B0B46 #280B46 #450B46

triadic

#280B46 #46280B #0B4628

tetradic

#280B46 #460B0B #29460B #0B4645

square

#280B46 #460B0B #29460B #0B4645

split-complementary

#280B46 #46450B #0B460B

monochromatic

#0F041A #0F041A #280B46 #46137B #641CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.12

#280B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B46

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B46	1.00	17.12	1.23	17.12
#FFFFFF	17.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211A28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.103 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664d7a',
    500: '#280b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b46;
$custom-light: #664d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.492,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23722,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B46

secondary

#57822A

accent

#F03895

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B46

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

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