#280523#280523

#280523 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.073 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280523
RGB	rgb(40, 5, 35)
HSL	hsl(309, 78%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(309, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 12.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.15, 21.99, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.15, 24.75, 332.68°)
OKLab	oklab(19.92% 0.0659 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(19.92% 0.073 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2327, 0.6811, 1.6563)
Luminance	0.0068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280523 #05280A

analogous

#1C0528 #280523 #280512

triadic

#280523 #232805 #052328

tetradic

#280523 #281C05 #05280A #051228

square

#280523 #281C05 #05280A #051228

split-complementary

#280523 #122805 #05281C

monochromatic

#1B0318 #1B0318 #280523 #5E0C53 #951382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.48

#280523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#280523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280523

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280523	1.00	18.48	1.14	18.48
#FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0712

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 5, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.073 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63485e',
    500: '#280523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280523;
$custom-light: #63485e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19921,
    "c": 0.0732,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280523

secondary

#1F6A2A

accent

#F44F34

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE6E9

border

#C6C2C5

text

#050104

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280523

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

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