#280239#280239

#280239 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.101 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280239
RGB	rgb(40, 2, 57)
HSL	hsl(281, 93%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 96%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 96.5%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.14, 29.35, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.14, 39.37, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(21.27% 0.068 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(21.27% 0.101 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6352, 0.7900, 3.9364)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280239 #133902

analogous

#0D0239 #280239 #39022F

triadic

#280239 #392802 #023928

tetradic

#280239 #390D02 #133902 #022F39

square

#280239 #390D02 #133902 #022F39

split-complementary

#280239 #2F3902 #02390D

monochromatic

#15011E #15011E #280239 #510474 #7B06AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#280239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280239

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280239	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00143A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#260F1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 2, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.101 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654770',
    500: '#280239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280239;
$custom-light: #654770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 93.22,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21274,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280239

secondary

#397D1A

accent

#FF296B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE6EC

border

#C6C2C7

text

#060007

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280239

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

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