#280836#280836

#280836 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.088 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280836
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 54)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(282, 85%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 85.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.05, 25.21, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.05, 33.85, 318.15°)
OKLab	oklab(21.85% 0.0602 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(21.85% 0.088 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6276, 0.8912, 3.5756)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280836 #163608

analogous

#110836 #280836 #36082D

triadic

#280836 #362808 #083628

tetradic

#280836 #361108 #163608 #082D36

square

#280836 #361108 #163608 #082D36

split-complementary

#280836 #2D3608 #083611

monochromatic

#14041B #14041B #280836 #4F106B #7718A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.82

#280836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280836

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280836	1.00	17.82	1.18	17.82
#FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#051835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27121E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.088 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644b6d',
    500: '#280836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280836;
$custom-light: #644b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21852,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280836

secondary

#3D7525

accent

#F13770

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280836

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

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