#28042E#28042E

#28042E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.086 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28042E
RGB	rgb(40, 4, 46)
HSL	hsl(291, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(291, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 91.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.64, 25.31, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.64, 31.61, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(20.58% 0.0675 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(20.58% 0.086 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4116, 0.7353, 2.6518)
Luminance	0.0073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28042E #0A2E04

analogous

#13042E #28042E #2E041F

triadic

#28042E #2E2804 #042E28

tetradic

#28042E #2E1304 #0A2E04 #041F2E

square

#28042E #2E1304 #0A2E04 #041F2E

split-complementary

#28042E #1F2E04 #042E13

monochromatic

#18021C #18021C #28042E #590966 #8A0E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.31

#28042E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#28042E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28042E

18.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28042E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28042E	1.00	18.31	1.15	18.31
#FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09162D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28042e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 4, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.086 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644867',
    500: '#28042e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28042e;
$custom-light: #644867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28042e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20584,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28042E

secondary

#29711D

accent

#FA2E4B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE6EB

border

#C6C2C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28042E

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

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