#280827#280827

#280827 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.071 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280827
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 39)
HSL	hsl(302, 67%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(302, 80%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 2.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.97, 21.43, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.97, 25.14, 328.46°)
OKLab	oklab(20.68% 0.0608 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(20.68% 0.071 329)
XYZ	xyz(1.3281, 0.7714, 1.9980)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280827 #082809

analogous

#190828 #280827 #280817

triadic

#280827 #272808 #082728

tetradic

#280827 #281908 #082809 #081728

square

#280827 #281908 #082809 #081728

split-complementary

#280827 #172808 #082819

monochromatic

#1A0519 #1A0519 #280827 #5B1259 #8E1C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.19

#280827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#280827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280827

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280827	1.00	18.19	1.15	18.19
#FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0C16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.071 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634a61',
    500: '#280827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280827;
$custom-light: #634a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.875,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20679,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.00771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280827

secondary

#256727

accent

#EA443E

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280827

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

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