#280F48#280F48

#280F48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.100 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F48
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 72)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.00, 26.46, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.00, 40.47, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(24.45% 0.048 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(24.45% 0.1 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2153, 1.2606, 6.2562)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F48 #2F480F

analogous

#0F1348 #280F48 #450F48

triadic

#280F48 #48280F #0F4828

tetradic

#280F48 #480F13 #2F480F #0F4845

square

#280F48 #480F13 #2F480F #0F4845

split-complementary

#280F48 #48450F #13480F

monochromatic

#0E0519 #0E0519 #280F48 #441A7B #6024AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77

#280F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F48

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F48	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	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: #280f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.100 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66507b',
    500: '#280f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f48;
$custom-light: #66507b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24449,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F48

secondary

#5E8230

accent

#E83F9E

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F48

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

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