#280D50#280D50

#280D50 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.113 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D50
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 80)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(264, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 83.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.40, 29.92, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.40, 46.43, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(24.98% 0.0479 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(24.98% 0.113 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4666, 1.3181, 7.7123)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D50 #35500D

analogous

#0D1350 #280D50 #490D50

triadic

#280D50 #50280D #0D5028

tetradic

#280D50 #500D13 #35500D #0D5049

square

#280D50 #500D13 #35500D #0D5049

split-complementary

#280D50 #50490D #13500D

monochromatic

#0D041A #0E041B #280D50 #421685 #5D1EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#280D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#280D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D50

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D50	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1F2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.113 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#674f82',
    500: '#280d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d50;
$custom-light: #674f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.179,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24976,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D50

secondary

#658B2E

accent

#EF39A6

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7EF

border

#C6C3CA

text

#06020A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D50

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

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