#280637#280637

#280637 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.092 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280637
RGB	rgb(40, 6, 55)
HSL	hsl(282, 80%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(282, 89%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 89.1%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.74, 26.59, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.74, 35.69, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(21.66% 0.0628 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(21.66% 0.092 313)
XYZ	xyz(1.6297, 0.8573, 3.6933)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280637 #153706

analogous

#100637 #280637 #37062E

triadic

#280637 #372806 #063728

tetradic

#280637 #371006 #153706 #062E37

square

#280637 #371006 #153706 #062E37

split-complementary

#280637 #2E3706 #063710

monochromatic

#14031C #14031C #280637 #500C6E #7812A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#280637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280637

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280637	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26111E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 6, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.092 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644a6e',
    500: '#280637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280637;
$custom-light: #644a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21661,
    "c": 0.09206,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.00857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280637

secondary

#3C7721

accent

#F7316E

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280637

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

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