#280A2B#280A2B

#280A2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.072 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A2B
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 43)
HSL	hsl(295, 62%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(295, 77%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 76.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.61, 21.36, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.61, 26.19, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(21.26% 0.0579 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(21.26% 0.072 324)
XYZ	xyz(1.4196, 0.8427, 2.3729)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A2B #0D2B0A

analogous

#170A2B #280A2B #2B0A1D

triadic

#280A2B #2B280A #0A2B28

tetradic

#280A2B #2B170A #0D2B0A #0A1D2B

square

#280A2B #2B170A #0D2B0A #0A1D2B

split-complementary

#280A2B #1D2B0A #0A2B17

monochromatic

#170619 #170619 #280A2B #56165D #84218E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.97

#280A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A2B

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A2B	1.00	17.97	1.17	17.97
#FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05142C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F182A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290F19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.072 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b64',
    500: '#280a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a2b;
$custom-light: #634b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21263,
    "c": 0.07156,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.00843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A2B

secondary

#2F6829

accent

#E54251

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A2B

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

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