#280A26#280A26

#280A26 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.066 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A26
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 38)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.30, 20.16, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.30, 23.40, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(20.92% 0.0574 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(20.92% 0.066 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3335, 0.8082, 1.9191)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A26 #0A280C

analogous

#1B0A28 #280A26 #280A17

triadic

#280A26 #26280A #0A2628

tetradic

#280A26 #281B0A #0A280C #0A1728

square

#280A26 #281B0A #0A280C #0A1728

split-complementary

#280A26 #17280A #0A281B

monochromatic

#180617 #180617 #280A26 #591655 #8A2283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.08

#280A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A26

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A26	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)

#081327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.066 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b60',
    500: '#280a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a26;
$custom-light: #634b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2092,
    "c": 0.06602,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A26

secondary

#29652D

accent

#E34F45

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A26

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

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