#280D44#280D44

#280D44 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.097 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D44
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 68)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 80.9%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.23, 26.39, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.23, 39.26, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(23.79% 0.0512 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(23.79% 0.097 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0621, 1.1563, 5.5823)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D44 #29440D

analogous

#0D0D44 #280D44 #430D44

triadic

#280D44 #44280D #0D4428

tetradic

#280D44 #440D0D #29440D #0D4443

square

#280D44 #440D0D #29440D #0D4443

split-complementary

#280D44 #44430D #0D440D

monochromatic

#0F051A #0F051A #280D44 #461777 #6421AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.06

#280D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D44

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D44	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)

#001C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221A27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.097 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e78',
    500: '#280d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d44;
$custom-light: #654e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2379,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D44

secondary

#577F2D

accent

#EB3D95

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D44

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

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