#280C48#280C48

#280C48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.104 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C48
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 72)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.42, 28.08, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.42, 42.25, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(24.04% 0.0513 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(24.04% 0.104 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1759, 1.1819, 6.2431)
Luminance	0.0118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C48 #2C480C

analogous

#0C0E48 #280C48 #460C48

triadic

#280C48 #48280C #0C4828

tetradic

#280C48 #480C0E #2C480C #0C4846

square

#280C48 #480C0E #2C480C #0C4846

split-complementary

#280C48 #48460C #0E480C

monochromatic

#0F041A #0F041A #280C48 #45157C #621DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.98

#280C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C48

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C48	1.00	16.98	1.24	16.98
#FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.104 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664e7c',
    500: '#280c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c48;
$custom-light: #664e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24044,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C48

secondary

#5B842C

accent

#EE3A9A

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C48

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

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