#280E49#280E49

#280E49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.102 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#280E49
RGBrgb(40, 14, 73)
HSLhsl(266, 68%, 17%)
HSVhsv(266, 81%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(45.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LABlab(10.89, 27.31, -31.49)
CIE-LCHlch(10.89, 41.69, 310.93°)
OKLaboklab(24.4% 0.0489 -0.09)
OKLCHoklch(24.4% 0.102 298.5)
XYZxyz(2.2344, 1.2462, 6.4249)
Luminance0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#280E49 #2F490E
analogous
#0E1149 #280E49 #460E49
triadic
#280E49 #49280E #0E4928
tetradic
#280E49 #490E11 #2F490E #0E4946
square
#280E49 #490E11 #2F490E #0E4946
split-complementary
#280E49 #49460E #11490E
monochromatic
#0E051A #0E051A #280E49 #44187C #6022B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.81
#280E49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25
#280E49 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E49
16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##280E49#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##280E491.0016.811.2516.81
#FFFFFF16.811.0021.001.00
#0000001.2521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF16.811.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#001D4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#001D48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#201D2A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #280e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.102 298.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f7c',
    500: '#280e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #280e49;
$custom-light: #664f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#280e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24405,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#280E49
secondary
#5E842F
accent
#EB3D9E
background
#F6F4F7
surface
#EBE7EE
border
#C6C3C9
text
#060209
muted
#7A787B

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#280E49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva