#280D48#280D48

#280D48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.102 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D48
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 72)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.61, 27.56, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.61, 41.67, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(24.17% 0.0503 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(24.17% 0.102 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1884, 1.2068, 6.2473)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D48 #2D480D

analogous

#0D0F48 #280D48 #460D48

triadic

#280D48 #48280D #0D4828

tetradic

#280D48 #480D0F #2D480D #0D4846

square

#280D48 #480D0F #2D480D #0D4846

split-complementary

#280D48 #48460D #0F480D

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280D48 #45167C #6220B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.92

#280D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D48

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D48	1.00	16.92	1.24	16.92
#FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.102 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664e7c',
    500: '#280d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d48;
$custom-light: #664e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24173,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D48

secondary

#5C832D

accent

#EC3C9B

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D48

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

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