#280D49#280D49

#280D49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.104 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D49
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 73)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 82.2%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.70, 27.85, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.70, 42.27, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(24.27% 0.05 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(24.27% 0.104 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2213, 1.2200, 6.4205)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D49 #2E490D

analogous

#0D1049 #280D49 #460D49

triadic

#280D49 #49280D #0D4928

tetradic

#280D49 #490D10 #2E490D #0D4946

square

#280D49 #490D10 #2E490D #0D4946

split-complementary

#280D49 #49460D #10490D

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280D49 #44167D #6120B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#280D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D49

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D49	1.00	16.88	1.24	16.88
#FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.104 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7c',
    500: '#280d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d49;
$custom-light: #664f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24271,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D49

secondary

#5D842D

accent

#ED3B9D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D49

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

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