#280231#280231

#280231 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.5% C 0.093 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280231
RGB	rgb(40, 2, 49)
HSL	hsl(289, 92%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(289, 96%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 95.9%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.47, 27.18, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.47, 34.62, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(20.53% 0.0704 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(20.53% 0.093 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4511, 0.7164, 2.9670)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280231 #0B3102

analogous

#110231 #280231 #310222

triadic

#280231 #312802 #023128

tetradic

#280231 #311102 #0B3102 #022231

square

#280231 #311102 #0B3102 #022231

split-complementary

#280231 #223102 #023111

monochromatic

#18011D #18011D #280231 #58046C #8807A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.37

#280231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#280231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280231

18.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280231	1.00	18.37	1.14	18.37
#FFFFFF	18.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 2, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.5% 0.093 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644769',
    500: '#280231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280231;
$custom-light: #644769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20526,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280231

secondary

#2B7519

accent

#FF2952

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE6EB

border

#C6C2C6

text

#060006

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280231

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

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