#280E47#280E47

#280E47 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.100 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E47
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 71)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.70, 26.72, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.70, 40.48, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(24.21% 0.0494 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(24.21% 0.1 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1692, 1.2201, 6.0812)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E47 #2D470E

analogous

#0E1147 #280E47 #450E47

triadic

#280E47 #47280E #0E4728

tetradic

#280E47 #470E11 #2D470E #0E4745

square

#280E47 #470E11 #2D470E #0E4745

split-complementary

#280E47 #47450E #11470E

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280E47 #45187A #6222AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#280E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E47

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E47	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)

#001D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#211C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.100 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7b',
    500: '#280e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e47;
$custom-light: #664f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24213,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E47

secondary

#5C822F

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E47

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

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