#280C44#280C44

#280C44 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.099 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C44
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 68)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 82.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.04, 26.93, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.04, 39.85, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(23.66% 0.0524 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(23.66% 0.099 302)
XYZ	xyz(2.0497, 1.1314, 5.5781)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C44 #28440C

analogous

#0C0C44 #280C44 #440C44

triadic

#280C44 #44280C #0C4428

tetradic

#280C44 #440C0C #28440C #0C4444

square

#280C44 #440C0C #28440C #0C4444

split-complementary

#280C44 #44440C #0C440C

monochromatic

#0F051A #0F051A #280C44 #471578 #651EAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.13

#280C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C44

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C44	1.00	17.13	1.23	17.13
#FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221A27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.099 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e78',
    500: '#280c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c44;
$custom-light: #654e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23656,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.01131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C44

secondary

#56802C

accent

#ED3B94

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C44

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

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