#280936#280936

#280936 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.086 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280936
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 54)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.24, 24.66, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.24, 33.23, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(21.99% 0.0588 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(21.99% 0.086 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6385, 0.9129, 3.5792)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280936 #173609

analogous

#110936 #280936 #36092E

triadic

#280936 #362809 #093628

tetradic

#280936 #361109 #173609 #092E36

square

#280936 #361109 #173609 #092E36

split-complementary

#280936 #2E3609 #093611

monochromatic

#13041A #13041A #280936 #4F126A #761A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.76

#280936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280936

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280936	1.00	17.76	1.18	17.76
#FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.086 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644b6d',
    500: '#280936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280936;
$custom-light: #644b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2199,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280936

secondary

#3F7427

accent

#EE3A72

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#060107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280936

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

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