#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
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 73)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.89, 27.31, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.89, 41.69, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(24.4% 0.0489 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(24.4% 0.102 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.2344, 1.2462, 6.4249)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##280E49	1.00	16.81	1.25	16.81
#FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E49

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

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