#280F49#280F49

#280F49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.101 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F49
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 73)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.09, 26.76, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.09, 41.08, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(24.55% 0.0478 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(24.55% 0.101 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2482, 1.2738, 6.4295)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F49 #30490F

analogous

#0F1349 #280F49 #450F49

triadic

#280F49 #49280F #0F4928

tetradic

#280F49 #490F13 #30490F #0F4945

square

#280F49 #490F13 #30490F #0F4945

split-complementary

#280F49 #49450F #13490F

monochromatic

#0E0519 #0E0519 #280F49 #44197C #6024AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#280F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#280F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F49

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F49	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.101 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66507c',
    500: '#280f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f49;
$custom-light: #66507c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24545,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F49

secondary

#608330

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7EE

border

#C6C3C9

text

#060209

muted

#7A787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F49

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

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