#280E44#280E44

#280E44 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.096 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E44
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 68)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.43, 25.84, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.43, 38.65, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(23.93% 0.0501 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(23.93% 0.096 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0752, 1.1825, 5.5866)
Luminance	0.0118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E44 #2A440E

analogous

#0E0F44 #280E44 #430E44

triadic

#280E44 #44280E #0E4428

tetradic

#280E44 #440E0F #2A440E #0E4443

square

#280E44 #440E0F #2A440E #0E4443

split-complementary

#280E44 #44430E #0F440E

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280E44 #461877 #6423AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.98

#280E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E44

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E44	1.00	16.98	1.24	16.98
#FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.096 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f78',
    500: '#280e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e44;
$custom-light: #654f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2393,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E44

secondary

#587F2F

accent

#E93F97

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E44

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

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