#280E45#280E45

#280E45 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.097 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E45
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 69)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 79.7%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.52, 26.13, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.52, 39.26, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(24.02% 0.0498 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(24.02% 0.097 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1060, 1.1948, 5.7487)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E45 #2B450E

analogous

#0E1045 #280E45 #440E45

triadic

#280E45 #45280E #0E4528

tetradic

#280E45 #450E10 #2B450E #0E4544

square

#280E45 #450E10 #2B450E #0E4544

split-complementary

#280E45 #45440E #10450E

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280E45 #451878 #6323AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#280E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E45

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E45	1.00	16.95	1.24	16.95
#FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.097 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f79',
    500: '#280e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e45;
$custom-light: #654f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24023,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E45

secondary

#5A802F

accent

#E93F99

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E45

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

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