#280638#280638

#280638 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.093 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280638
RGB	rgb(40, 6, 56)
HSL	hsl(281, 81%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 89%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 89.3%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.83, 26.85, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.83, 36.27, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(21.75% 0.0625 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(21.75% 0.093 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6539, 0.8669, 3.8208)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280638 #163806

analogous

#0F0638 #280638 #38062F

triadic

#280638 #382806 #063828

tetradic

#280638 #380F06 #163806 #062F38

square

#280638 #380F06 #163806 #062F38

split-complementary

#280638 #2F3806 #06380F

monochromatic

#14031C #14031C #280638 #4F0C6F #7712A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.90

#280638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280638

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280638	1.00	17.90	1.17	17.90
#FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26121F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 6, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.093 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#654a6f',
    500: '#280638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280638;
$custom-light: #654a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21751,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280638

secondary

#3D7821

accent

#F73170

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280638

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

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