#280837#280837

#280837 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.089 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280837
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 55)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.14, 25.47, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.14, 34.43, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(21.94% 0.06 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(21.94% 0.089 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6514, 0.9007, 3.7005)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280837 #173708

analogous

#110837 #280837 #37082F

triadic

#280837 #372808 #083728

tetradic

#280837 #371108 #173708 #082F37

square

#280837 #371108 #173708 #082F37

split-complementary

#280837 #2F3708 #083711

monochromatic

#13041B #13041B #280837 #4F106C #7618A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.79

#280837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280837

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280837	1.00	17.79	1.18	17.79
#FFFFFF	17.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26121F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.089 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644b6e',
    500: '#280837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280837;
$custom-light: #644b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21939,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280837

secondary

#3F7625

accent

#F13772

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280837

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

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