#28042C#28042C

#28042C is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.084 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28042C
RGB	rgb(40, 4, 44)
HSL	hsl(294, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(294, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 90.9%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.50, 24.78, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.50, 30.43, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(20.42% 0.0678 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(20.42% 0.084 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3731, 0.7199, 2.4490)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28042C #082C04

analogous

#14042C #28042C #2C041C

triadic

#28042C #2C2804 #042C28

tetradic

#28042C #2C1404 #082C04 #041C2C

square

#28042C #2C1404 #082C04 #041C2C

split-complementary

#28042C #1C2C04 #042C14

monochromatic

#19031C #19031C #28042C #5B0964 #8E0E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.36

#28042C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#28042C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28042C

18.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28042C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28042C	1.00	18.36	1.14	18.36
#FFFFFF	18.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A162B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290A17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28042c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 4, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.084 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644865',
    500: '#28042c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28042c;
$custom-light: #644865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28042c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2042,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28042C

secondary

#256F1D

accent

#FA2E43

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE6EB

border

#C6C2C6

text

#050005

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28042C

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

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