Midnight Purple#280137

#280137 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.101 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Midnight Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#280137
RGB	rgb(40, 1, 55)
HSL	hsl(283, 96%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(283, 98%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 98.2%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.76, 29.37, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.76, 38.82, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(20.93% 0.0703 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(20.93% 0.101 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5754, 0.7487, 3.6752)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280137 #103701

analogous

#0D0137 #280137 #37012B

triadic

#280137 #372801 #013728

tetradic

#280137 #370D01 #103701 #012B37

square

#280137 #370D01 #103701 #012B37

split-complementary

#280137 #2B3701 #01370D

monochromatic

#16011E #16011E #280137 #540273 #7F03AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.26

#280137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#280137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280137

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280137	1.00	18.26	1.15	18.26
#FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#260E1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 1, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.101 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65476e',
    500: '#280137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280137;
$custom-light: #65476e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 96.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2093,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280137

secondary

#347C18

accent

#FF2964

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE6EC

border

#C6C2C7

text

#060007

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280137

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

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