#280D45#280D45

#280D45 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.099 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D45
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 69)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 81.2%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.32, 26.68, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.32, 39.87, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(23.89% 0.051 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(23.89% 0.099 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0929, 1.1686, 5.7444)
Luminance	0.0117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D45 #2A450D

analogous

#0D0E45 #280D45 #440D45

triadic

#280D45 #45280D #0D4528

tetradic

#280D45 #450D0E #2A450D #0D4544

square

#280D45 #450D0E #2A450D #0D4544

split-complementary

#280D45 #45440D #0E450D

monochromatic

#0F051A #0F051A #280D45 #461778 #6420AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.02

#280D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#280D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D45

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D45	1.00	17.02	1.23	17.02
#FFFFFF	17.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.099 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654e79',
    500: '#280d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d45;
$custom-light: #654e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23885,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D45

secondary

#58802D

accent

#EB3D97

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D45

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

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