#280929#280929

#280929 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.071 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280929
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 41)
HSL	hsl(298, 64%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 78%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.29, 21.40, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.29, 25.66, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(20.97% 0.0593 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(20.97% 0.071 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3730, 0.8067, 2.1808)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280929 #0A2909

analogous

#180929 #280929 #29091A

triadic

#280929 #292809 #092928

tetradic

#280929 #291809 #0A2909 #091A29

square

#280929 #291809 #0A2909 #091A29

split-complementary

#280929 #1A2909 #092918

monochromatic

#180619 #180619 #280929 #59145B #8A1F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.08

#280929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280929

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280929	1.00	18.08	1.16	18.08
#FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05142A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290D17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.071 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b63',
    500: '#280929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280929;
$custom-light: #634b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20972,
    "c": 0.07117,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280929

secondary

#296727

accent

#E74146

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280929

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

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