#280C46#280C46

#280C46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.101 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C46
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 70)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.23, 27.50, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.23, 41.05, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.85% 0.0519 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(23.85% 0.101 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1118, 1.1562, 5.9051)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C46 #2A460C

analogous

#0C0D46 #280C46 #450C46

triadic

#280C46 #46280C #0C4628

tetradic

#280C46 #460C0D #2A460C #0C4645

square

#280C46 #460C0D #2A460C #0C4645

split-complementary

#280C46 #46450C #0D460C

monochromatic

#0F041A #0F041A #280C46 #46157A #641EAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.06

#280C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C46

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C46	1.00	17.06	1.23	17.06
#FFFFFF	17.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.101 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664e7a',
    500: '#280c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c46;
$custom-light: #664e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23848,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C46

secondary

#58822C

accent

#ED3A97

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C46

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

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