#280F45#280F45

#280F45 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.096 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F45
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 69)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 78.3%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.72, 25.56, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.72, 38.64, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(24.17% 0.0486 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(24.17% 0.096 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.1198, 1.2224, 5.7533)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F45 #2C450F

analogous

#0F1145 #280F45 #430F45

triadic

#280F45 #45280F #0F4528

tetradic

#280F45 #450F11 #2C450F #0F4543

square

#280F45 #450F11 #2C450F #0F4543

split-complementary

#280F45 #45430F #11450F

monochromatic

#0F0519 #0F0519 #280F45 #451A77 #6225AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#280F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#280F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F45

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F45	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)

#001D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.096 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654f79',
    500: '#280f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f45;
$custom-light: #654f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24167,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F45

secondary

#5B7F30

accent

#E7419A

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F45

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

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