#280A29#280A29

#280A29 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.069 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A29
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 41)
HSL	hsl(298, 61%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 75.6%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.48, 20.87, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.48, 25.05, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(21.12% 0.0577 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(21.12% 0.069 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3838, 0.8284, 2.1844)
Luminance	0.0083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A29 #0B290A

analogous

#190A29 #280A29 #290A1A

triadic

#280A29 #29280A #0A2928

tetradic

#280A29 #29190A #0B290A #0A1A29

square

#280A29 #29190A #0B290A #0A1A29

split-complementary

#280A29 #1A290A #0A2919

monochromatic

#180619 #180619 #280A29 #58165A #88228B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.02

#280A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A29

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A29	1.00	18.02	1.17	18.02
#FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06142A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.069 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b63',
    500: '#280a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a29;
$custom-light: #634b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21122,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A29

secondary

#2B6629

accent

#E44449

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A29

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

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