#280E48#280E48

#280E48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.101 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E48
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 72)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.80, 27.02, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.80, 41.08, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(24.31% 0.0492 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(24.31% 0.101 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.2015, 1.2330, 6.2516)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E48 #2E480E

analogous

#0E1148 #280E48 #450E48

triadic

#280E48 #48280E #0E4828

tetradic

#280E48 #480E11 #2E480E #0E4845

square

#280E48 #480E11 #2E480E #0E4845

split-complementary

#280E48 #48450E #11480E

monochromatic

#0E051A #0E051A #280E48 #44187B #6122AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#280E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E48

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E48	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.101 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7b',
    500: '#280e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e48;
$custom-light: #664f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24309,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E48

secondary

#5D832F

accent

#EA3D9D

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E48

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

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