#280A28#280A28

#280A28 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.068 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A28
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 40)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.42, 20.63, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.42, 24.49, 327.39°)
OKLab	oklab(21.05% 0.0576 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(21.05% 0.068 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3666, 0.8215, 2.0937)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A28 #0A280A

analogous

#190A28 #280A28 #280A19

triadic

#280A28 #28280A #0A2828

tetradic

#280A28 #28190A #0A280A #0A1928

square

#280A28 #28190A #0A280A #0A1928

split-complementary

#280A28 #19280A #0A2819

monochromatic

#180618 #180618 #280A28 #591659 #8A228A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.04

#280A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A28

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A28	1.00	18.04	1.16	18.04
#FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290E17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.068 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b62',
    500: '#280a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a28;
$custom-light: #634b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21053,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A28

secondary

#296529

accent

#E34545

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A28

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

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