#280E46#280E46

#280E46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.099 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E46
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 70)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 80%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.61, 26.42, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.61, 39.87, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(24.12% 0.0496 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(24.12% 0.099 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.1373, 1.2074, 5.9136)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E46 #2C460E

analogous

#0E1046 #280E46 #440E46

triadic

#280E46 #46280E #0E4628

tetradic

#280E46 #460E10 #2C460E #0E4644

square

#280E46 #460E10 #2C460E #0E4644

split-complementary

#280E46 #46440E #10460E

monochromatic

#0F051A #0F051A #280E46 #451879 #6222AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.92

#280E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E46

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E46	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)

#001D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.099 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f7a',
    500: '#280e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e46;
$custom-light: #654f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24118,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E46

secondary

#5B812F

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E46

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

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